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:Yes, they do have a post and then reply sort of format to them, but it's a very personal sort of thing, one person posts and it's linked to their name, you can reply but it's not the same as in a community forum or a talk page where it's more balanced. | :Yes, they do have a post and then reply sort of format to them, but it's a very personal sort of thing, one person posts and it's linked to their name, you can reply but it's not the same as in a community forum or a talk page where it's more balanced. | ||
:So, get rid of them. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 14:07, August 24, 2012 (UTC) | :So, get rid of them. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 14:07, August 24, 2012 (UTC) | ||
I dunno; I think people should still be able to use them if they want; sure, people have the right to post whatever they want, but for the most part people use them for legitimate purposes. Only on one occasion have I seen someone use a blog as a way of personally attacking people (several, in fact), and he currently has a global permaban. | |||
I think that the option should remain open for users if they want, but whatever they post should still be affected by the rules to a reasonable extent. [[User:Dr. Anonymous1|Dr. Anonymous1]] [[User talk:Dr. Anonymous1|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:22, August 24, 2012 (UTC) | |||
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If this thread's title doesn't specify it's spoilery, don't bring any up.
Blogs sort of appeared one day on the wiki. I think back then it wasn't possible to refuse them. They were just here. Now, however, it is possible to turn them off. So we should probably have a discussion about whether we actually want the service. We don't have a huge amount of blogging going on, so I can't imagine it'd inconvenience too many people if we shut off the system. Plus, blogs appear in the default search. Since blogs are a free form area controlled by the user, they could contain spoilers, to which unsuspecting users would be exposed.
I kinda wanna get rid of it, but I wonder what others think.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ <span style="">06:37: Fri 24 Aug 2012
- I've never been moved to want to use them.
- I think if users want a free form area to mess around in or have a ramble they can create a sub-page.
- I've also seen some blogs used to now exactly go against our various discussion policies, but there's some that have approached a personal attack by way of a cutting comment or whatever.
- Yes, they do have a post and then reply sort of format to them, but it's a very personal sort of thing, one person posts and it's linked to their name, you can reply but it's not the same as in a community forum or a talk page where it's more balanced.
- So, get rid of them. --Tangerineduel / talk 14:07, August 24, 2012 (UTC)
I dunno; I think people should still be able to use them if they want; sure, people have the right to post whatever they want, but for the most part people use them for legitimate purposes. Only on one occasion have I seen someone use a blog as a way of personally attacking people (several, in fact), and he currently has a global permaban.
I think that the option should remain open for users if they want, but whatever they post should still be affected by the rules to a reasonable extent. Dr. Anonymous1 ☎ 16:22, August 24, 2012 (UTC)
