The German Wikipedia is working well Options

[Peter Damian]

This is way old and way off topic but I've been noticing the header that "The German wikipedia is broken" ever since I showed up here and have always have had an itch to say...

[Yellow2010]

The German wikipedia is overly fascist. I'm not being facetious either.

[HRIP7]

The German wikipedia is overly fascist. I'm not being facetious either.

I note that Fossa was recently threatened with a series of blocks of increasing duration by User:Dab. for having a coloured signature. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/wtf.gif)

*Seufz* Da es offensichtlich im Guten nicht geht: Ändere bitte schnellstmöglichst deine Signatur zurück auf normal oder ich werde dich in aufsteigender Länge sperren; bitte lass es nicht dazu kommen - vielen Dank. --DaB. 18:33, 25. Feb. 2010 (CET)

Translation:
*Sigh* Since you won't take a friendly hint: Please change your signature back to normal as soon as possible or I will give you blocks of increasing length; please don't let it come to this - many thanks. --DaB. 18:33, 25. Feb. 2010 (CET) (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/jawdrop.gif)

Dab. is a founder member of Wikimedia Germany, according to his user page. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/yak.gif)

[HRIP7]

I note that Fossa was recently threatened with a series of blocks of increasing duration by User:Dab. for having a coloured signature. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/wtf.gif)

The question has now been settled by an RfC.

User signatures featuring external weblinks, frames and coloured backgrounds are now verboten.

Signatures featuring images, or other font colours than the standard blue, remain "undesirable" per German WP:SIG, but not verboten.

57.9% voted against outlawing font colours in signatures, 42.1% voted in favour.

The votes on the use of images and the use of frames/coloured backgrounds were very tight; the proposed outlawing of images just failed to get a 2/3 majority in favour, while outlawing of frames/coloured backgrounds was implemented, based on 67.8% in favour.

So much for German libertarianism.

[Milton Roe]

I note that Fossa was recently threatened with a series of blocks of increasing duration by User:Dab. for having a coloured signature. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/wtf.gif)

The question has now been settled by an RfC.

User signatures featuring external weblinks, frames and coloured backgrounds are now verboten.

Signatures featuring images, or other font colours than the standard blue, remain "undesirable" per German WP:SIG, but not verboten.

57.9% voted against outlawing font colours in signatures, 42.1% voted in favour.

The votes on the use of images and the use of frames/coloured backgrounds were very tight; the proposed outlawing of images just failed to get a 2/3 majority in favour, while outlawing of frames/coloured backgrounds was implemented, based on 67.8% in favour.

So much for German libertarianism.

Ze last line was eine kleine Witz, ja?

[HRIP7]

Ze last line was eine kleine Witz, ja?

It's funny that they go on the barricades for sexual content, but can't abide a signature with a frame around it. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/ermm.gif)

I have to investigate what kinds of signatures the Dutch allow. Perhaps there is a correlation.

[Milton Roe]

It's funny that they go on the barricades for sexual content, but can't abide a signature with a frame around it. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/ermm.gif)

I have to investigate what kinds of signatures the Dutch allow. Perhaps there is a correlation.

I saw a sig once on en.wiki that had alternating yellow and black bands like a hornet. I think we monkeys are primally geared to find that irritating, and they may have made that user take it down. It's the only color design per se I know of, that caused problems. The damn stripey ones mean poisonous editors! (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/ohmy.gif)