[WikiEN-l] Nazi userboxes

Thu Nov 30 18:51:50 UTC 2006

On 11/30/06, Michael Bimmler <mbimmler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I just came across the following userpage
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Blind14
> which shows a "This user is a nazi"-userbox quite prominently,
> depicting a swastika in a clearly non-enzyclopedic contect (i.e. as a
> personal non-scientific reference / symbol of adherence). I'm not sure
> about legislation in US but I wonder whether this could be an offense
> against law. Feel free to comment on whether it is a violation of
> Wikipedia policies, I won't comment this, as I didn't take part in the
> Great Userboxes War.
> Michael
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The userboxes aren't templates, so they don't fall under T1. The US has
nearly total protection of free speech, so espousing beliefs, even Naziism,
isn't illegal.