Wikipedia:TheTrueSora's UBX Proposal

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[edit] NOTE

This proposal has been released as a public policy poll for the community. Please vote there, not here.

[edit] Introduction

Most of the current proposals regarding userboxes have been very extremist- either delete all the NPOV templates, subst them onto userpages, or keep them all. This proposal attempts to create a policy that will fit everyone - alas, not an easy task, but one which hopefully might happen.

[edit] Proposal

Here's what this proposal does:

Creates the Userbox: namespace as an official Wikipedia namespace, which will be declared to have legal POVs (much like the User: namespace).
Moves all UBX to the Userbox: namespace.
Enables UBX in the Userbox: namespace to be usable by the current template tags, in this manner: {{Userbox:UBX_NAME}} (much like how currently one can create a template at {{User:USERNAME/UBX_NAME}} and can use it as a userbox).
Allows the use of the Userbox: namespace on all userpages.
Does not allow the use of templates in the Userbox: namespace to be used in articles (aside from on WP:UBX, to show what userboxes are).
Applies the same policy for userboxes that are currently on userpages: if it is blatantly against a specific group, person, etc. (eg, "I want to kill all the __insert_group_here__"), it can be placed up for deletion.

[edit] Conclusion/Poll

It is my firm hope that this proposal can come to vote and become Wikipedia policy, to finally end this debate which is grimly dividing Wikipedia. A straw poll on this proposal can be found at Wikipedia:TheTrueSora's UBX Proposal/Straw Poll.