On Feb 17, 2008 4:33 PM, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
Wily D wrote:
Tim, feel free to read Talk:Muhammad & Talk:Muhammad/images to get an idea of what various protestors are asking for, but the more common points are: complete removal of any images that represent Muhammad, the article be written from an Islamic POV, non-Muslims be prohibited for editing, et cetera.
Such views may be ignored, but this does not relieve us from a general responsibility to seek solutions which are better for all sides than the current situation, if possible.
--Jimbo
The problem becomes that Talk:Muhammad and Talk:Muhammad/images are overrun by those positions (as well as those who've come to lamblast Muslims as censors) to the point where the few editors concerned with writing a good encyclopaedic article are overwhelmed - there's been some discussion on how to handle it, but very little beyond "hope that this brew-ha-ha blows over" has real support. If it doesn, Talk:Muhammad/Workshop or something may necessarily become the place to discuss the article with sight of improving it (which is desperately needs).
WilyD