[WikiEN-l] Deleting the Lolicon picture

BJörn Lindqvist bjourne at gmail.com
Fri Apr 7 07:46:12 UTC 2006


On 4/3/06, Sam Korn <smoddy at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have just deleted Image:Hikari Hayashibara Manga.jpg.

>  This image is extremely harmful to Wikipedia's progression to build an
> encyclopaedia.
> ...
> This image is harmful to Wikipedia's progression as a free encyclopaedia.
> ...
> the potential it has to harm Wikipedia?  Undoubtedly no.

Would you please mind telling a curious reader how this image either
is harmful to Wikipedia or has the potential to harm Wikipedia?

> The image deletion process has shown itself incapable of removing this
> image.  The process is demonstrably broken when there is a hint of
> controversy.  I don't take stepping outside accepted policy and
> process lightly.  Here, however, it is absolutely right and absolutely
> necessary.

This seem to indicate that people disagree with you, why do they do that?

> I apologise to any who see my actions as outrageously rogue-ish.  I
> wish there were an alternative, less radical way.

No. When you take the "my way or the highway" approach, people
naturally tend to get irritated.

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mvh Björn



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