Wiki culture is that contributers create pages for themselves.
—~~~~ anon user 532 b23 0b5 0c6
This comment was made on a page named /wiki/glandmaster, which I have marked for deletion. Apart from the fact I dont want a user page thank you I feel that making a subpage under /wiki/user/yourname is a better way to manage personal pages.
it would help if you would provide a source for this idea that we must have a user page - I cannot find any evidence to support your claim. Just because we may link to other sites like c2 or Meatball to take advantage of the work they have done on wiki communities its worth noting that their culture is just that - theirs.
Its up to us to come together to make our own culture not mimic others who may well have different goals. ~ Glandmaster
Moving to the topic of user pages in general I have a few ideas.
First my personal view is to have our names link to our forum profile page, I assume that the wiki could not easily replicate the functionality they provide. This would remove the need for user pages here and as users have to log into the forum anyway should not inconvenience the users. Either way it doesnt affect anon users by definition.
Secondly while I dont want to argue against user pages I do think they should all be under /wiki/user/username if people do want to use them. I think this is important to make it clear to readers what is meant as content and what isnt.
Thirdly I wonder if it is possible to have a command similar to local wiki links that could automatically link to our forum profile page? I ask because I do like the idea of signing our contributions, something the wiki user pages make very easy. ~ Glandmaster