On 24/12/2007, Steven Walling <steven.walling(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Preserving the sanctity of the project demands banning
self-identified
pedophiles, as has happened many times in the past. For those who might
protest that pedophiles have a right to voice their feelings, there are
plenty of other online forums for them to do so. Wikipedia is not one of
those. This is no different than Jimbo banning that little cadre of
neo-nazis a while back.
It's really a practical decision. Whereas *in theory* allowing a
theoretical "good editor" neo-Nazi or *cough* child-love-advocate on
might enhance the quality of our articles and how well they approach
the ideal of neutral point of view, *in practice* every single such
attempt has been a ludicrous failure, to the point where the
theoretical idea's failure is serenaded by the world's smallest
violin.
- d.