On 6/4/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales(a)wikia.com> wrote:
BJörn Lindqvist wrote:
It is not. A user named Saladin1970 was recently
indefinitely banned
by administrators because his political views was diametrically
opposite to theirs.
Ai yi yi. I think you should take another look at this case. I see no
reason to think that political views had anything to do with it.
Then I guess you missed the dozens posts accusing Saladin 1970 of
being an Anti-Semite, Islamist and Al-Qaeida supporter? Did you also
miss SlimVirgin's statement, part of which reads "If the Arbitration
Committee hears appeals from every racist, anti-Semitic, and
Islamophobic account that's blocked after 20 edits for trying to
insert bigotry into Wikipedia..."?
Sorry, but I think it is you that should take a second look. It would
be enough to just skim through the recent threads to see how vile and
ridiculous (i.e: abumahza = Al-Qaeida) the motivations for
indefinitely banning Saladin1970 has been.
--
mvh Björn
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Racism is illegal and as well as the editor puts Wikipedia in a bad
position. If people can't put bigotry aside and instead try to force
articles into their personal view of the world, it's right to ban them.
-Selina