From: Richard Holton <richholton(a)gmail.com>
Would we allow a photo of a
Ku-Klux-Klan member wearing obvious identification of membership on
their home page? I think that we probably should. -Rich Holton
NOTE: WIKIPEDIAN IN-JOKING AHEAD. NOT REALLY A SERIOUS COMMENT.
Recently, a user requested that someone post the text of a properly
VfDed article in Votes for Undeletion, for "viewing." A sysop did so.
The user promptly re-created the article in his user space.
It was promptly speedy-deleted on the grounds that it was re-creation
of a VfDed article.
So... deliberately mixing up two unrelated contexts, and indulging
myself in the hobgoblin of little minds:
Premise 1: a user's self-portrait in KKK regalia would be acceptable in
one's user space
Premise 2: a re-creation of a VfDed article is not acceptable in one's
user space.
Inference: To deal with self-portraits in KKK regalia, post the user's
page as an article, so it will be promptly VfDed as vanity, thereby
making it legitimately speedy-deletable from the user's page.
--
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