[WikiEN-l] Nazi userboxes

Thu Nov 30 21:19:15 UTC 2006

On Nov 30, 2006, at 4:17 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:

>> I indef blocked and deleted the page.  Why are we even talking  
>> about this?
>
> Because Wikipedia doesn't generally ban users based on political
> affiliation? Banning someone for being a Nazi when it isn't illegal
> and they aren't causing any disruption is discrimination, pure and
> simple.

Nobody was banned for being a Nazi. They were banned for proclaiming  
it on their userpage. Which is disruptive. You are welcome to edit  
Wikipedia as a Nazi, or as a pedophile, or as anyone else. You are,  
however, expected not to use Wikipedia as a platform for proclaiming  
controversial views.

What's hard here?

-Phil