On 6/1/06, Lord Voldemort lordbishopvoldemort@gmail.com wrote:
I think he was simply referring to allowing these to reside in the Template namespace, rather than simply having the editor write their beliefs or preferences on their user page. I think he's saying there is a difference between the two. Basically right?
Yes. See for instance here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Userboxes/Religion&o...
A project page in the Wikipedia namespace provided a satanist template (now deleted and under review) residing in the template namespace.
To the outside world (and to me) it thus appears that the Wikipedia project is providing all users with a facility to label themselves according to beliefs, and by implication, encouragement to do so. This is especially problematic with disreputable religions and pseudoreligions (I apologise if this offends American sensibilities attuned to First Amendment absolutism) such as Satanism, Scientology and the like.