User talk:UBX/Christianity

Why I created the template and what I want to change

This template was created as a temporary (?) replacement for Template:User Christian. In case that template is restored to its previous glory, I plan to differentiate Template:User Christian generic by changing the text to something like" "This user is a Christian but does not wish to be identified with any church" or "This user is a Christian but does not wish to disclose his church affiliation, if any". Friendly Neighbour 14:27, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

The change of template purpose

I know that I do not own this template. However i cannot understand why Cyde did not create a new one instead of changing the purpose of this one. "This user is a Christian" and "This user is interested in Christianity as an object of study" should be two separate templates as they users they describe are not identical sets.

However, I do appreciate that this time you haven't changed the symbol of Christianity into a NPOV one. Thank you! Friendly Neighbour 06:23, 18 May 2006 (UTC) Friendly Neighbour 06:23, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Identifying with a specific religious belief is a violation of T2. The only way to save it is to change the wording to "interested in". --Cyde Weys 06:26, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

The way you put it, I'm probably in violation of T2 just by the fact of my existence as a sentient being with "an abstract set of ideas, values, or experiences developed as part of a cultural matrix". But I see what you mean. Though I do not agree with the recent T1->T2 policy change, I respect it. This is the reason I will not revert your edit.

Generally I have enough of this userbox conflict you pulled me in (yes, this was one of the side-effect of your unwise NPOV symbol of Christianity). I've said on WP:MACK that I'm OK with moving userboxes to userspace as long as it doas not mean the userbox wars will simply evolve into category and userspace wars. Friendly Neighbour 07:41, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

No no no, don't be silly, you're not in violation of T2. T2 only applies to templates, not people. If you want to say that you're a Christian on your userpage, go ahead. But we're dealing with a template right now. --Cyde Weys 07:44, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm really glad we've finally found some common ground. Friendly Neighbour 07:56, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

I deleted "as an object of study" from the template. I think a user can express his/her interest in Christianality in general. Hunter 18:03, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Correct capitalization

The correct spelling of this template is {{user christianity}}, not {{user Christianity}}, so an admin should move it back to its original name there. -Silence 11:29, 2 June 2006 (UTC)