User talk:Vitruvian0

Re: Deletion of some userboxes?
Hi, Vitruvian. They were deleted because they were found by the community to be divisive and inflammatory. Template space should really only be used for templates (userboxes) that are relevant to the project, such as "this user has studied law." Userboxes that profess political ideologies often times give the wrong impression that it's okay to use Wikipedia to preach a point of view, and they often divide the community and encourage "ballot stuffing." In instances such as the recent controversy over the Cuba article, a userbox and usercategory indicating that someone is a communist could be used as a tool to bring all communist supporters to the article, to overwhelm consensus for a certain change to the article, which really shouldn't be done. Anyway, I hope this help clear things up, and if you have any more questions or problems, feel free to ask. Btw, I saw you hadn't yet been welcomed, so I added the above welcome message--the links may help to clarify a few things. AmiDaniel (talk) 01:48, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
 * You may wish to substitute your userboxes onto your userpage to avoid similar incidents in the future. TheJ a  bb  e  rw  &#664;  ck 02:23, 11 May 2006 (UTC)