Template talk:User United Kingdom/usagepoll

message: Solution: Remove the category.
Example: 
	This user comes from the United Kingdom.
 
Category = None
:Reasoning:
:*Would remove the  contradiction.
:*:Least disruptive manner of doing so.
:*People choose userboxes for their text, rather than category.
:*:Many people will have been unaware they had been categorised as in the United Kingdom.
:*::Most users would be unaffected by this solution.
:*::Usage of categories as a whole in userboxes has been previously questioned.
:*:::Can be used as propaganda for pushing a point-of-view.
:*:::WP:UBP.
:*Nearly all other nations use comes from wording.
:*:Changing text would be an inconsistent option.
:*:: -> "This user comes from France"
:*:: -> "This user comes from NationState"
:*:::, , , ,  etc. etc.
:*A new template  has been set up for users who want a United Kingdom location box. This categorises them correctly and uses the phrase 'This user lives in the United Kingdom' which is more appropriate than the 'comes from' phrasing that User United Kingdom uses.
===People who support this solution===
:To vote, please use the format: #~~~~ - <comments>
#Gsd2000 13:16, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposal 2

message: :To vote, please use the format: #~~~~ - <comments>
#Gsd2000 13:16, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: People who support this solution

message: Solution: Change the text.
Example: 
	This user lives in the United Kingdom.
 
Category = :Category:Wikipedians in the United Kingdom
:Reasoning:
:*Original purpose was to reflect location rather than nationality.
:*: was used rather than  or something similar.
:*:Template was listed at Wikipedia:Userboxes/Location/United Kingdom.
:*Comes from was used in error.
:*:The phrase is commonly but incorrectly, used to denote location as well as nationality.
:* should be location, and  as origin.
:*:A Scottish person not residing in Scotland would expect to use  rather than .
:*:Similarly, British ex-pats can use  or , the latter of which has different styling to this userbox.
:*Rewording would be a clarification of the purpose of the template, rather than a change of that purpose.
:*Ex-pat people who may currently use this template to reflect nationality are already miscategorising themselves as living in the UK.
:*:Most people fitting this description would be better suited to a more accurate template anyway.
===People who support this solution===
:To vote, please use the format: #~~~~ - <comments>
#Hayter 14:59, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposal 3

message: :To vote, please use the format: #~~~~ - <comments>
#Hayter 14:59, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: People who support this solution

message: #The Giant Puffin There is already one for people who live in the UK, this is the best solution ; Note - this user appears not to have had the box on their page — SteveRwanda 17:14, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Discounted votes:

message: Solution: Change the category.
Example: 
	This user comes from the United Kingdom.
 
Category = :Category:British Wikipedians
:Reasoning:
:*Would remove the contradiction.
:*:Yet retain categorisation for consistancy with other userboxes.
:*People choose userboxes for their text, rather than category.
:*:Many people will have been unaware they had been categorised as in the United Kingdom.
:*::Most users would be unaffected by this solution.
:*::And if they choose the userbox for its wording, it would prevent ex-pats being wrongly categorized.
:*Nearly all other nations use comes from wording.
:*:Changing text would be an inconsistent option.
:*:: -> "This user comes from France"
:*:: -> "This user comes from NationState"
:*:::, , , ,  etc. etc.
:*A new template  has been set up for users who want a United Kingdom location box. This categorises them correctly and uses the phrase 'This user lives in the United Kingdom' which is more appropriate than the 'comes from' phrasing that User United Kingdom uses.
===People who support this solution===
:To vote, please use the format: #~~~~ - <comments>
#Gsd2000 13:17, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposal 4

message: :To vote, please use the format: #~~~~ - <comments>
#Gsd2000 13:17, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: People who support this solution

message: :Extended discussion should take place on the talk page.
::The following user catagorised themselves as supporting anything but achange of text.
:UKPhoenix79 03:18, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  The text was changed to remove ambiguity. I should say that a proposal was made that the text be changed in line with the other similar userboxes for UK regions.. to remove ambiguity. --Mal 21:09, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Further Comments