Rob wrote:
Your argument would be compelling were we talking
about something like first ammendment free speech
rights in the democratic US. But he is not entitled
to a "day in court" because wikipedia is not a
democracy, it is not a social experiment, it is not a
soapbox, a public forum, a commons, a message board,
etc., etc. It is an encyclopedia where such a hateful
and absurd dogma as Nazi-ism has no place.
Yellow card! :-) Officially WP has no position on whether Nazi
dogma is hateful or absurd - that is just another POV.
If it is going to become WP policy to pre-ban editors, then we
should be at least honest about it and put it up front on the
login creation page:
"If you are found to be an adherent of any dogma that
any Wikipedia administrator find hateful and/or absurd,
your login may be subject to immediate suspension."
I suspect a lot of admins would go for this level of power
actually. :-)
Stan