On 6/6/06, Scott Stevenson wikinetscott@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry Raphael but you are wrong this isn't about a personal vendetta but moreso about an editor who was just bad for Wikipedia. Seeing [[User:Metta Bubble]] ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Metta_Bubble ) depart the project as a result of Resid Gulerdem's bad influence on Wikipedia really sealed my view that he was indeed bad. Your continued support of him really puzzles me and I really can't understand it. The only thing that makes me think you are so inclined to support him is that he like yourself supports altering the display characteristics of the Jyllands-Posten cartoons (censoring them) and you're not keen to see a supportive view go away (meaning you have personal reasons for him staying on). Such continued support is less than logical in view of Resid Gulerdem's repeated and independently natured Wikipedia violations that saw him become banned.
I am worried about the apparent precedent here, that because some idea or proposal originated with a now-banned user, it must be permanently verboten as a point for ongoing discussion.
I neither agree with Resid's actions that got him banned, nor with WP:OURS, but I don't like the precedent. See other thread and thoughtcrime...