On 6/6/06, Scott Stevenson <wikinetscott(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Sorry Raphael but you are wrong this isn't about a personal vendetta but
moreso about an editor who was just bad for Wikipedia. Seeing [[User:Metta
Bubble]] (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Metta_Bubble ) depart the
project as a result of Resid Gulerdem's bad influence on Wikipedia really
sealed my view that he was indeed bad. Your continued support of him
really
puzzles me and I really can't understand it. The only thing that makes me
think you are so inclined to support him is that he like yourself supports
altering the display characteristics of the Jyllands-Posten cartoons
(censoring them) and you're not keen to see a supportive view go away
(meaning you have personal reasons for him staying on). Such continued
support is less than logical in view of Resid Gulerdem's repeated and
independently natured Wikipedia violations that saw him become banned.
I am worried about the apparent precedent here, that because some idea or
proposal originated with a now-banned user, it must be permanently verboten
as a point for ongoing discussion.
I neither agree with Resid's actions that got him banned, nor with WP:OURS,
but I don't like the precedent. See other thread and thoughtcrime...
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-george william herbert
gherbert(a)retro.com / george.herbert(a)gmail.com