On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 6:54 AM, geni
<geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2008/12/13 Jimmy Wales
<jwales(a)wikia-inc.com>om>:
I would recommend that Russian Wikipedia adopt a
policy similar to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:USERBOXES#Content_restrictions
# Userboxes must not be inflammatory or divisive.
# Wikipedia is not an appropriate place for propaganda, advocacy, or
recruitment of any kind, commercial, political, religious, or
otherwise, opinion pieces on current affairs or politics,
self-promotion, or advertising.
I would also note that the sorts of people who deny the Holocaust are
generally the sorts of people who ought to be blocked on sight from
editing Wikipedia.
--Jimbo
That would involve blocking a significant chunk of our potential Arab
editors. Holocaust denial has fairly popular in certain parts of the
world.
Jimbo didn't say anyone who denies the Holocaust should be blocked, as
though Wikipedia should engage in thought-crime. He said "the sorts of
people who deny the Holocaust are generally the sorts of people who ought to
be blocked on sight from editing Wikipedia". High correlation, not
causation.
Anyway, in places where Holocaust denial really is widespread, it's
probably similar to young earth creationism beliefs here in the US.
Something you probably could find a lot of people state that they believe if
you did a poll (Wikipedia suggests 44%), but not something that really is
integrated into their worldview. But maybe I'm wrong, there. Holocaust
denial certainly seems more dangerous than belief in young earth
creationism.
By the way, I suppose Godwin's law has been proven once again. Little over
a week from Virgin Killer to the Holocaust.