User:Etamni/guestbook

If you like, you may sign my guestbook below. You don't have to. But go ahead and be bold :)

Visitors

1. Nice userboxes :)--NewTypeDivision (talk) 06:21, 1 August 2015 (UTC) (Thanks for being first! :)
2. Hello 67.60.128.230 (talk) 02:48, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
3. Hey there. ;) -- œ^™ 07:02, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
4. Look forward to collaborating with you in the future. By the way, do you have any more information about the book your name comes from? My Google-Fu is very strong. - Tim D. Williamson ^yak-yak
5. Huggums537 (talk) 06:45, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
6. Hello Volten001 ^☎ 19:38, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

A very brief essay regarding guestbooks

There are multiple points of view regarding guestbooks. One side of the debate feels that the use of guestbooks goes against the intent of policies such as WP:NOTSOCIALNETWORK. I respectfully disagree. Wikipedia is all about collaboration. Users don't own the articles they write: Users write articles and post them where others then comment and edit them further (and sometimes delete them as well) in a collaborative effort that may be unlike any in previous history. It is helpful to successful collaboration to understand not only the purpose of a particular article, but also the interests and experiences of those with whom one is collaborating. Additionally, guestbook signatures let editors know who is taking an interest in their own work or activities, and effectively invite said editors to review the interests and history of those who signed said guestbooks. As long as this is done with the intent of furthering the aims of Wikipedia, and not simply as a way of collecting "friends" for purposes other than encyclopedia building, I feel that it does not violate the letter or spirit of the aforementioned policy.

Feel free to comment or discuss guestbooks below. (Comments about topics other than guestbooks belong on my talk page.)  Etamni 

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