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

Sat Jul 9 20:36:15 UTC 2005

On 7/9/05, Jon <thagudearbh at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Let me ask the question again - is Wikipedia a haven for paedophiles? If so, I can see many parents banning their children from using it - to the detriment of us all.

Let's not be silly.  Wikipedia provides no mechanism for private
communication: all communication between Wikipedia users (exclusive of
emails) is in full public view.  Because of this, there is no risk
whatsoever that a pedophile will "recruit" on Wikipedia: anyone who
does will get quickly caught.

Pedophiles are people too, and they're entitled to their opinions, and
to express their opinions, as long as they don't act on them.

Kelly