Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2022-08-31/In focus


 * It's Userboxes, not "Userboxen", which is why the wikiproject is called WikiProject Userboxes, and the pages in WP space all use the word "userboxes". I will die on this hill. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 00:04, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
 * lol — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 00:20, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Begun, the Clone Userboxen Wars has. Sideswipe9th (talk) 01:24, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I will join you. Goodness knows what madness lies further ahead, I shudder to think of possibly having to read about the heavyweight title match between two elite bexren. Two holdover exceptions and one poetic archaism are enough for me. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 03:15, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Per User:Wugapodes, the correct plural is userboxapodes. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 18:32, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The Userbox kerfuffle I remember is when an admin named "Kelly Martin" thought that userboxes were so inherently stupid a concept that she felt perfectly free to delete any that she didn't like, with no process. I don't remember the "war" described above at all, though it apparently took place shortly afterward... AnonMoos (talk) 04:51, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
 * That's what I remember too. Katietalk 17:17, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
 * And consequently she hasn't edited since a flurry of sarcastic ArbCom !votes in 2008 (Although she's still occasionally active on Commons) Daniel Case (talk) 05:38, 8 September 2022 (UTC)


 * There's a lot (l-o-o-o-o-t) more history from back then. The userbox wars were messy, and at the height of things, involved a lot of "fait accompli" bold action by many. Oh and I think "userboxen" came from german usage at the time, and has stuck around as an affectation for some. - jc37 15:53, 12 September 2022 (UTC)