User blog:Liquoritz/IMPORTANT: Approach on coloured comment boxes and usernames

Ok, so I've been thinking about this issue for some time. I'm fine with keeping the coloured comment boxes, but it should only be handed out to those with, say 1000+ edits. In that way it becomes a privilege and may have an encouraging effect on users with few edits to contribute more often. This, however, requires the edits to be of good quality. Vandalizers, and others who break the rules will lose the opportunity to get their comments coloured. If a user with an edit count above the threshold starts breaking the rules will of course have their comment box restored. Depending on the severity of the violations, it may be removed indefinitely.

This means that all users with fewer than 1000 edits will have normal comment boxes (like me). Admins and rollbackers might be excluded from this rule. Getting coloured comment boxes will still be a free choice, of course. I, for instance, would never change the colour of my comment boxes.

What about the coloured usernames? Here I am much more strict. Only administrators will have colored user names. The color should be the same for all admins and it must not be replaced. I suggest that the color should be towards blue. Red and black is not an option as these are standard colors.

This wiki will look like a mess if we allow everyone to choose coloured usernames. Not only would it look ridiculous but it's time consuming for us admins to answer all the requests.

One important thing I forgot to mention about colored comment boxes is that these colors must be bright and comfortable. There are no exceptions here!

What do you think?