hi Philip,
like i said, the few references we have on shipmans background claim him to
be jewish
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/archive/display.var.9777.0.yousafs_religious_f…
It seems to be the norm when writing on the background of a celebrity or
serial killer to include details of his background which if he has one , his
religious background.
Perhaps there should be a policy for wikipedia. If someone mentions the
religious background of a criminal they should be banned indefinately as an
anti-semite or an islamaphobe, etc.
But i was most certainly unaware of such a wikipedia policy, and wasn't
informed there was one.
From: Philip Welch <wikipedia(a)philwelch.net>
Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] blocked for a week for these edits
Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 01:46:40 -0700
On May 20, 2006, at 1:23 AM, abu hamza wrote:
The last point, why is a persons religious and
ethnic background not
relevant to a wiki site on a person. Any references or sources ,
however
slim have claimed he was jewish. One should be asking why certain
people
were vehmently opposed to listing his religious and ethnic background
This man is a notorious murderer. To claim that he was Jewish when he
is not, or when there is no proof that he is, constitutes anti-Semitism.
Wikipedia will never be used to further a bigoted, racist agenda. I
am willing to do anything it takes to prevent it. Be glad you were
blocked for a week. I would have blocked indefinitely.
--
Philip L. Welch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Philwelch
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