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Violation of userbox guidelines — "Userboxes must not be inflammatory or divisive." Feezo (Talk) 05:19, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

KeepNothing divisive at all. Move along...nothing to see here. Just a busybody looking for something to complain about.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 05:56, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please review our policy on personal attacks. Comment on content, not on the contributor. Feezo (Talk) 12:05, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - The analysis for this userbox would be under Wikipedia:Userboxes#Content_restrictions - "Wikipedia is not an appropriate place for ... opinion pieces on ... politics." The userbox says, "This is the 782nd day that the United States has been held hostage." I don't see a case made for this userbox being outside of those listed at Wikipedia:Userboxes/Politics, which allows opinions and I don't see why HRH Bedford's userbox should be deleted. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 07:30, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Wikipedia:Userboxes/Politics has no official status. Wikipedia:Userboxes is a guideline, and thus has priority. Feezo (Talk) 08:11, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: If referring to a presidential administration as a "hostage" situation does not constitute an opinion piece, then I don't know what does. Feezo (Talk) 08:15, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The box doesn't say "presidential administration". In any event, we just seem to be guessing at whether the box complies with Wikipedia:Userboxes. Please look through Wikipedia:List of userbox nominations at miscellany for deletion for similarly listed MfDs, read the comments, and use that knowledge to expand your analysis as to why this userbox does not meet Wikipedia:Userboxes. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 15:49, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Userboxes exist to let others know about an editor, including their political beliefs. I would much rather have an editor declare their view of the United States President on their user page in the form of a userbox than have them editing articles like Barack Obama with an undeclared bias. Buddy431 (talk) 19:15, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete WP:SOAPBOX CTJF83 21:05, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep hardly inflammatory, merely a humourous political statement. Those that it inflames probably have an opposing point of view. It gives us a good clue about a potential COI. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 07:51, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 *'''Keep''': Userboxes exist to let others know about an editor, including their political beliefs.  I would much rather have an editor declare their view of the United States President on their user page in the form of a userbox than have them editing articles like [[Barack Obama]] with an undeclared bias. [[User:Buddy431|Buddy431]] ([[User talk:Buddy431|talk]]) 19:15, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
 *'''Delete''' [[WP:SOAPBOX]] <span style="background:silver;font-family:Kristen ITC;">[[User:Ctjf83|<font color="red">C</font><font color="#ff6600">T</font><font color="yellow">J</font><font color="green">F</font><font color="blue">8</font><font color="#6600cc">3</font>]]</span> 21:05, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
+*'''Keep''' hardly inflammatory, merely a humourous political statement. Those that it inflames probably have an opposing point of view. It gives us a good clue about a potential COI. [[User:Graeme Bartlett|Graeme Bartlett]] ([[User talk:Graeme Bartlett|talk]]) 07:51, 14 March 2011 (UTC)