On 24/12/2007, Steven Walling steven.walling@gmail.com wrote:
Preserving the sanctity of the project demands banning self-identified pedophiles, as has happened many times in the past. For those who might protest that pedophiles have a right to voice their feelings, there are plenty of other online forums for them to do so. Wikipedia is not one of those. This is no different than Jimbo banning that little cadre of neo-nazis a while back.
It's really a practical decision. Whereas *in theory* allowing a theoretical "good editor" neo-Nazi or *cough* child-love-advocate on might enhance the quality of our articles and how well they approach the ideal of neutral point of view, *in practice* every single such attempt has been a ludicrous failure, to the point where the theoretical idea's failure is serenaded by the world's smallest violin.
- d.