Policy:user page control

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Revision as of 12:05, 8 February 2007

Issue Summary

The question of how much control users should have over their personal pages has recently come to a head in a dispute over CivGeneral's personal page. CivGeneral asserts that he has the right to be the final arbiter of what goes on his page. This raises the question: how much control should a user have over his person page? Should he be able to remove truthful details that he finds unflattering? Should he be able to describe himself in a way that others would not agree to? This speaks to a deeper issue: should a user's page represent a database of encyclopedic knowledge, or a profile account for the forums?

Issue Bullets

• Should a user, or the public, decide what is on their personal page?
• Should a user's personal page represent a base of factual knowledge, or a personal profile?

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Discussion

I would say that all disagreements about the truth of a statement should be reserved for the discussion page of each person's page. If you want to issue a general warning that you will not tolerate other people editing your page, then you should do so in the discussion. Tyke 03:42, 8 February 2007 (IST)

Yes, disputes about the veracity of the statement should be referred to the article's discussion page. But there's a bigger issue than that. Should users be able to say, "this is true, but it can't go on my page?" Gogf 04:27, 8 February 2007 (IST)

This shoudn't be a vanity site, this should give the basic rundown of each poster including potentially unflattering details. --Perfection 06:49, 8 February 2007 (IST)

Posters should have control of their own articles, especialy if they dont want their personal histories used against them CivGeneral 10:35, 8 February 2007 (IST)