[WikiEN-l] Nazi userboxes

Jimmy Wales jwales at wikia.com
Fri Dec 1 14:02:00 UTC 2006


Rob wrote:
> This is an absurd comparison.  Rational people are completely capable
> of distinguishing between normal partisan politics and a group which
> advocates mass extermination.

And furthermore, and this is important in this particular example, 
rational people are completely capable of distinguishing between someone 
with sincerely held but deeply misguided beliefs or attitudes who is 
sincerely trying to nevertheless work well with others to create a fair 
encyclopedic set of articles on difficult topics, and someone who is 
just slapping stuff on a userpage to try to yank people's chains.

This is not a case of censorship of the poor repressed Nazis.  This is a 
simple simple simple case of blocking a troll and moving on with life 
without worrying about it.

--Jimbo



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