This is problematic at very many levels: * Are we policing intent or actual wrongdoing -- i.e. bias in actual edits? * Is there something wrong in me aspiring for some political entity (which doesn't exist currently) or does it become wrong only when my bias actually shows in my editing? * If the former case, isn't this some form of Thought Policing? * Should we also not ban all forms of affiliations to religion, nationality, gender (her/his/its) or race and skin colour, as these also reflect some or the other bias? * Someone said slavery is against human rights. Well, I don't think this was always the situation, and that was precisely my point. Human standards keep changing.... It was a perfectly fine business at one point of time, as was selling opium to China. * Well, nobody would object to "Free Tibet", because that is seen as a politically correct cause in today's unipolar world. If the Chinese were at the helm of a unipolar world, I'm sure we would all be thinking differently. Especially me! Let's keep some space for diversity, please. As some person said, let a thousand flowers bloom! FN PS: Above all, those who want to whisper into our ears as to what's wrong with this user or his/her actions, can't we have this discussion under the glare of public scrutiny and accountability?
On Fri, 2 Jul 2021 at 16:57, Peter Southwood peter.southwood@telkomsa.net wrote:
The problem is which political opinions would be acceptable on a user page, and who gets to decide this. We are expected to edit neutrally, so expressing a political opinion on a user page could be considered a declaration of partisanship which could extend to editing behaviour.
Cheers,
Peter
*From:* Frederick Noronha [mailto:fredericknoronha@gmail.com] *Sent:* 30 June 2021 00:57 *To:* Wikimedia Mailing List *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag
Just seeking clarity:
Is there anything wrong with expressing a political opinion on a userpage?
A lot of our badges, flags, icons might have some or the other political history behind them, just that these are seen as more "normal" by today's standards. At one time, slavery too was considered quite legal.
On Fri, 2 Jul 2021 at 18:56, Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga < galder158@hotmail.com> wrote:
Friendly reminder: Slavery is against human rights.
*From:* Yaroslav Blanter ymbalt@gmail.com *Sent:* Friday, July 2, 2021 2:22 PM *To:* Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag
I do not know. Whoever puts a userbox "I support slavery" on their user page on the English Wikipedia invites a fast block does not matter what their edits in the articles are.
I do not think there is a universal answer to this question.
Yaroslav
On Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 1:31 PM Satdeep Gill satdeepgill@gmail.com wrote:
But was there something in the editing. People should be free to say FREE TIBET in their user pages, for instance but can be really reasonable editors.
In a way, we are also unbiased and neutral point of view is something we all look upto but can never trully achieve.
Best Satdeep
On Fri, Jul 2, 2021, 4:57 PM Peter Southwood peter.southwood@telkomsa.net wrote:
The problem is which political opinions would be acceptable on a user page, and who gets to decide this. We are expected to edit neutrally, so expressing a political opinion on a user page could be considered a declaration of partisanship which could extend to editing behaviour.
Cheers,
Peter
*From:* Frederick Noronha [mailto:fredericknoronha@gmail.com] *Sent:* 30 June 2021 00:57 *To:* Wikimedia Mailing List *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag
Just seeking clarity:
Is there anything wrong with expressing a political opinion on a userpage?
A lot of our badges, flags, icons might have some or the other political history behind them, just that these are seen as more "normal" by today's standards. At one time, slavery too was considered quite legal.
Can't this be discussed in the public domain?
FN
On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 at 03:34, Gereon Kalkuhl gkalkuhl@freenet.de wrote:
Dear 4nn1|2,
Thank you for informing us about the incident. But to be clear: You write that it's about a Palestinian flag. Yet actually it's about a flag with a statement: free Palestine. There's a difference. And a member of the Persian Wikipedia removed the deletion request on Commons and kept the file on the same day. I'm not judging anything here, but please be more precise in your accusations.
Thank you, Gereon
Am 29.06.2021 um 20:34 schrieb Amir Sarabadani:
If anyone is interested to know about this incident. Send me a private message and I can explain better.
Best
On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 8:17 PM 4nn1l2 4nn1l2.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
Persian Wikipedia has reached a new level in their arbitrary and nonesense adminship. They have blocked me for placing a Palestinian flag on my userpage (of course they have already removed it from my userpage and you need to see a previous revision of my userpage).
https://fa.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1:...
Another user has nominated the file for deletion on Commons!
I am admin on Commons myself and I'm fed up with how fawiki is managed. They block users for the most friviolous reasons.
What does this mean?
Yours faithfully,
User:4nn1l2
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