[WikiEN-l] Shouldn't we kick paedophiles off Wikipedia?

Sat Jul 9 17:38:22 UTC 2005

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Jon wrote:
> I've recently noticed that we have a small number of self-confessed paedophile Wikipedians - who, as you can imagine, edit paedophile-related articles apologising for paedophilia, encouraging us to accept it as normal. Should we not kick these people out of Wikipedia. At the very least they are encouraging others to commit crimes (by arguing that paedophilia is perfectly acceptable).
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> By way of example - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LuxOfTKGL and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zanthalon.
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> I know Wikipedia is a broad church, full of people with different backgrounds and beliefs. But whichever way you look at it, paedophilia is against societal norms. As it is we have to warn teachers and parents that Wikipedia is not child-safe because of certain explicit images - do we also want to have to tell them it isn't child-safe as we welcome paedophiles as equals?
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> (Incidentally, the developers would be well-advised to do IP checks on these users and tell the police whatever they find out, as it is clear that self-confessed paedophiles need to be watched very carefully.)
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> Jon (jguk) 

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and must remain balanced. We don't say
whether paedophilia is right or wrong, we say what it is, why people may
do it, what causes them to do it, and society's views on it.

If these people are making statements saying paedophilia is morally
right, or in fact, morally wrong, then that is not acceptable. If they
are providing encylopediac information relating to why people may be
paedophiles, etc. I think that is beneficial for Wikipedia.

Be careful of using emotive language, and banning people for their
thoughts is not what I'd like to see. Ban people for their actions, but
not for what they think.

Chris

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Chris Jenkinson
chris at starglade.org
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