User talk:Sidewalksolipsis
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I <3 Sidewalksolipsis :) - 04:59, 9 November 2005 (UTC) - (preceding unsigned comment by 69.207.32.56 (talk • contribs) )
[edit] Wikipedia is not a free host
You should avoid substantial content on your user page that is unrelated to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a general hosting service, so your user page is not a personal homepage. Your page is about you as a Wikipedian. Examples of unrelated content include:
- A weblog relating your non-Wikipedia activities
- Extensive discussion not related to Wikipedia
- Excessive personal information (more than a couple of pages)
- Personal statements that could be considered polemical, such as opinions on matters unrelated to Wikipedia
- Opinion pieces not related to Wikipedia or other non-encyclopedic material
- Games, roleplaying sessions, and other things pertaining to "entertainment" rather than "writing an encyclopedia," particularly if they involve people who are not active participants in the project
- Communications with people uninvolved with the project
- Images which you are not free to use
In general, if you have material that you do not wish for others to edit, or that is otherwise inappropriate for Wikipedia, it should be placed on a personal web site.
For more information on user pages see Wikipedia:User page.--1568 20:10, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Well I usually agree with this sort of sentiment, but I believe that low-resource "hosting" of this type is a useful recruitment tool - it gets people familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of wikis without damaging anything public. Personally I think this stuff should be "hidden" (from casual browsing, not as a deceptive tactic) from random people on Wikipedia, so that it does not pollute things, however. I doubt there is much resource usage going on this case, but I would suggest that Sidewalksolipsis rethink his/her usage patterns of wikipedia, and not repeat this event. - JustinWick 02:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
