[WikiEN-l] Nazi userboxes

Thu Nov 30 21:54:38 UTC 2006

GODWIN GODWIN GODWIN

On 11/30/06, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> Is everyone displaying any of the userboxes on these pages
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:GRBerry/German_userbox_solution#Political_parties
> going to banned?
>
> The only reason I can see for treating Nazis differently from anyone
> else is because people don't like Nazis. It boils down to banning
> someone for being unpopular.
>
> If Wikipedia were based in Germany, it would be an obvious ban for
> breaking the law, but Wikipedia is under US jurisdiction, and the US
> doesn't have any such law.
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