[WikiEN-l] Nazi userboxes

Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton at gmail.com
Tue Dec 5 10:32:06 UTC 2006


> > 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.
>
> As far as I am aware, neither Wikipedia nor the Wikimedia Foundation
> are the United States.

True, Wikipedia can have rules in addition to the law. However, what
are discrimination laws like in the US? Could banning Nazis get the
Foundation into legal difficulties?



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