Exactly how does allowing a userbox for people to show they're a satanist puts Wikipedia in disrepute? We've got userboxes for multiple beliefs and life styles and satanism is just another to add to the bunch. You act as if satanism is bad. Perhaps you should read the article on the subject. Just the lead alone is quite informative.
Besides, it's not exactly a secret we don't select editors on their beliefs. Deleting one userbox because people mis-associate it with something they consider evil will only promote ignorance.
Either cut all religious userboxes or keep them all, don't start getting selective. The box is just as useful as a "I am a Christian"-box. Disrepute due to beliefs is only an issue if said editors consistently misbehave.
People worry too much over userboxes. Either take the above suggestion and make general boxes, or simply make one now and stop the proliferation.
Mgm
On 5/31/06, Tony Sidaway f.crdfa@gmail.com wrote:
this was a deletion review, with a view to restoration, of a userbox that said the owner was a satanist. I have canceled it on the grounds that such a template could only bring the project into disrepute.
I'm confident that this is best for Wikipedia. I don't think the goal of producing a high quality encyclopedia can be served by encouraging, though the provision of templates saying "I'm a satanist" and the like, the use of Wikipedia's website for social networking and coordination of work between adherents of satanism. It could only bring the whole enterprise into disrepute to permit such abuse. Therefore it's inappropriate to hold a DRV-style debate where traditionally the item is restored if a certain proportion of editors vote to restore it. We cannot make such a decision on the basis of votes. Perhaps a discussion on the talk page of the template might be appropriate, though I think it would require a very strong case to be made for this particular template _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l