Anthere writes about Danny and Jimbo:
I still have not really understood why he left. I can't help to think that it *can't* be just because of Jimbo's comments.
Your sarcasm towards Jimbo does not make Wikipedia a better place. Please desist.
Danny has made it clear why he left. There are over 100,000 articles on Wikipedia, and he made sure that he had to get his way on every one that he edited. The first time he was rebuffed on *one* article, he deleted his account and ran away. Now some other user is running away as well, all because some people would rather blatantly censor information than jointly edit articles.
In contrast, I have seen a few regular users on this very list get strongly rebuffed, and most of their edits rebuffed on some articles (not just one.) Yet they don't leave the project in a huff; most people here understand that this is a group effort that strives to incorporate multiple points of view.
Those people that cannot stand the sight of points of view other than their own will eventually burn out. It is up to you which kind of user you would like to be.
It is not just me who feels this way: Others agree that discussion is superior to politically motivated censorship:
From the article's talk page.
"I just stumbled onto this article (I usually try to steer clear of things like this). But it would be wrong to remain silent on this one, Danny. This is nothing whatsoever wrong or innacurate with the last sentence of the material you have censored (it is factually accurate, just read the textbooks; if you don't like the adjectives then change those, but they are actually understated!), nor with the bulk of the quotations. The material is entirely relevant to the subject at hand. It is shameful of you to have played the silly game of expunging the material time and again. I don't intend to play that game or get involved in this any further, but I do hope that others with not only add back the material but make sure that Danny agrees to no more censorship based on his obviously extreme political biases. This is a real test for Wikipedia."
This person is correct.
By the way, Martin and Viajero are again *lying* about the content of the article and are deleting vas chunks of it. They are putting words into the mouth og Yassir Arafat and others, makign them out to be saying the opposite of what they actually are saying.
I understand that both of these people have a hatred of Israel, but that does not give them the right to falsify information and censor material. Sadly, this "edit war" is not over.
I also am having problems with Martin, as AGAIN he is treating me absuively on my own home page. I have already made clear that this person is forbidden to do so; I will not have people with pro-CI beliefs continually harass me.
Robert
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