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Just thought I'd alert an admin that the Gobshite page was not archived, and no "winner" was announced. It still says that it is July. -- Sir C 
Holla | CUN 01:52, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
- Done.
t o m p k i n s blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 05:13, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
- I didn't do it because a.) I was lazy, and b.) Wikia is not a single user. —Sir Major Hinoa [TALK] [KUN] 05:15, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
- Why not put it in the actual article, though? It's hardly a masterpiece to start with, so I doubt anyone would feel artistically violated by it.
Also, is there any policy regarding people who completely remove the UGotM award template from their user pages? I'm just curious. c • > • cunwapquc? 06:16, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
- Why not put it in the actual article, though? It's hardly a masterpiece to start with, so I doubt anyone would feel artistically violated by it.
- Oh yeah? t o m p k i n s blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 18:42, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
- Oh yeah?
- Here's an idea: We could have a (non-binding) rule, call it a "convention" if you will, that if a user is caught removing the UGotM template from his/her user page(s), he/she automatically gets nominated for that month's UGotM award - unless it's after the 20th of the current month, in which case he/she gets the auto-nom for next month's award. If the vote count for that nomination is zero or negative (sock puppets notwithstanding), he/she gets to keep the template off forever. So it could actually be a way to "clear one's name," in a way... And as always, this wouldn't have to apply to admins, or anyone who has won either UotM or WotM since winning UGotM (presumably those people wouldn't do such a thing in the first place, of course).
I know it's a bit convoluted, but whaddya think? (Btw, nobody has answered my first question yet, but it's not like I'm all worked up over it or anything.) c • > • cunwapquc? 18:59, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
- Here's an idea: We could have a (non-binding) rule, call it a "convention" if you will, that if a user is caught removing the UGotM template from his/her user page(s), he/she automatically gets nominated for that month's UGotM award - unless it's after the 20th of the current month, in which case he/she gets the auto-nom for next month's award. If the vote count for that nomination is zero or negative (sock puppets notwithstanding), he/she gets to keep the template off forever. So it could actually be a way to "clear one's name," in a way... And as always, this wouldn't have to apply to admins, or anyone who has won either UotM or WotM since winning UGotM (presumably those people wouldn't do such a thing in the first place, of course).
- Against. As I understund it, UotM is a strong way to tell some users not to be dicks, sometimes even too strong. If they get the award they should be getting the message. But I don't think we should force them to exhibit it, overhumilliating them doesn't bring them or us any good.---Asteroid B612
(aka Rataube) - Ñ 19:07, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
- ^G t o m p k i n s blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 19:11, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
- ^G
- Against. As I understund it, UotM is a strong way to tell some users not to be dicks, sometimes even too strong. If they get the award they should be getting the message. But I don't think we should force them to exhibit it, overhumilliating them doesn't bring them or us any good.---Asteroid B612
- Interesting question, really. Normally I would agree with anyone who stood on the principle of reducing the negative effects of community approbation on users, just by definition. But I think there's also something to be said for ensuring that other users are given a proper idea of who they're dealing with, if they should get into a conflict with someone who's been "gobshited" in the past. If a former UGotM is behaving dickishly and a n00b (or whoever) goes to their user page and finds nothing to indicate that the community has ever tried to censure the user for that behavior, it makes the rest of us look like we support that behavior, or at least tacitly accept it. (Which may be perfectly true, I suppose.) At the same time, if the award template is a sore point for the user and actually contributes to the behavior...? Anyway, this is why I use the phrase "interesting question"! I'm not sure there's an easy answer to this. Maybe you're right, and we should just leave it on the Honor System, but as we all know, some people simply have no sense of honor. c • > • cunwapquc? 03:44, 4 August 2006 (UTC)