Talk:Personal web page

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Contents 1 Suggested merge 2 Sourcing and weasel words 3 Would it be aprorpiate to add a picture of youre own website? 4 Tilde Convention

[edit] Suggested merge

I suggest that Vanity site be merged with (and then redirected to) this article. There is no info there that is not already here (or could not very easily be merged in), and both terms refer to the same thing. The only difference is that one is neutral in connotation, and the other is negative. --Icarus ^(Hi!) 17:40, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sourcing and weasel words

The "criticisms" section (presumably mostly based on material merged from Vanity site) needs some serious attention. It is full of weasel words, speculation and original research. It is also entirely lacking in sources. What evidence is there, for example, to support the notion that "vanity site" is "often" used to mean "pathologically narcissistic"? That's a very strong statement to make without any evidence. Gwernol 12:47, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

• Perhaps the "pathological" part could be removed, or it could be changed to "self-centered" or similar? Eric Mushroom Wilson 21:20, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Would it be aprorpiate to add a picture of youre own website?

I think it would be cool to show what a personal website looks like I dont have one but if someone else does please post it so we can show what a personal website looks like THANKJS (FIXED SPELLING ERRORS SORRY) --ColaDude 16:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't think it is wise to add an image of a personal website. It would be a magnet for spam, and would gve undue attention to 1 site out of the billions that are out there. Besides, if there is anyone using WP who does not know waht a personal website looks like, I would be shocked. UnitedStatesian 17:34, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Whell I havent seen one in a long time so who knows! --ColaDude 18:05, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Maybe some basic "personal" page of virtual or famous non-living person could be created to have an example. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.228.62.83 (talk) 16:23, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tilde Convention

Where did the convention of starting users' home page directories with a tilde come from? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Matt24 (talk • contribs) 21:29, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

I believe it originated from the Unix method of representing a user's home directory with a tilde, e.g. cd ~/pictures would redirect to /home/[username]/pictures.