Maveric149 wrote:
Changing a user name does not ban the user. Think of it as a dress code; the great majority of employers do not allow their employees to wear shirts expressing controversial opinions. Why? Because it is disruptive and creates divisiveness in the workplace.
No, it's because employers like to control their workers' lives in petty ways. I think that we may have found the root of the Wikipedia "consensus"'s recent authoritarian tendencies.
The employer says, "This is my business! I own it! You do what I say!" The long-time Wikipedian says, "This is our encyclopaedia! We own it! You do what we say!" (And given the "we", they pretend there's a consensus when there isn't one, but only a majority.)
LittleDan wrote:
and it's not like telling people "You have to believe in Jesus, otherwise you're going to go to hell".
Funny, I get told that often by people who wear "Jesus is Lord!" t-shirts.
So you're judging JiL by these other people? I would expect better of you, mav! (Or if you aren't, then what was the relevance?)
-- Toby