| AlexisJazz added a comment. |
In T213571#4879390, @Jdforrester-WMF wrote:In T213571#4875391, @AlexisJazz wrote:@Jdforrester-WMF According to meta, level 0 doesn't understand the language at all. Level 1 can only read. Only level 2 and up are capable or writing in a language. So input fields (which require writing) should only be presented to those who consider themselves level 2 and up.
I appreciate that that random page on Meta that I'd never seen before says that, and made you think that adding dozens of -0 as a talisman to scare off users who speak those languages was a supported way to use the Babel extension, but it isn't and it wasn't.
I would very strongly recommend that you delete the mess of -0 boxes on your user page that mostly highlight your account to people that speak those languages (and disrupt your experience on Meta, with language links on the sides of articles on Wikipedia etc., on Wikidata, and now on Commons).
I would very strongly recommend to make language configuration a preference, which it should have been in the first place. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Alexis_Jazz is not https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences, it never was and it shouldn't be. If that would be done, I could make however much of a mess of my user page as I want. Wiki shouldn't break because I make a mess on my user page.
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