User blog comment:Wildoneshelper/Removing colored comment boxes??/@comment-23204006-20131211101259/@comment-23204006-20131211233926

I see that you repeatedly compare our wiki to other wikis like if they would be perfect. Just because other wikis have colours everywhere does not mean it is 1) necessary, 2) enhancing the wiki, 3) useful or 4) wanted. I really cannot see why users should display their user rights everywhere. It is fine in situations where it could be needed or when the space allows it. Comment boxes have a good space for it (and it exists as we speak), user pages have the room for it aswell. However, that is not the case in page history and other lists.

No but everytime I see Lefty I think his user page has been deleted because red is the colour of ''red links. ''Red is also the colour of blocked users I think. Adding colours to everything all the time will quickly turn this wiki into a mess. Why cannot we just keep the standard purple colour? So people know that they can click on it and so forth. Besides, there are really no good reasons to have coloured user names. If I'm wrong, then please tell me.

Avatars represent the user just fine - nobody complained before the introduction of the additional colours. I fear that the situation will turn out of hand if we continue giving users more options regarding personal designs. Who are responsible for handing out these colours? You? With all due respect, Wildoneshelper, I know you are good at coding stuff and stuff which might turn it very easy for you to perform such tasks, but you are needed elsewhere. When this wiki grows bigger we need all the admins to be alert and be able to remove vandalism. There is no time to change colours all day long, even though you think it is an excellent feature, I mean the opposite.

Ok, maybe so. But if we have a rainbow palette from which users can pick their colour of choise for their user names - Who will know which colours are for standard links and which are for random users own colour (that doesn't mean anything either)?