In the wake of this RfB on the English Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_bureaucratship/Nihonjoe_4we really need some clarification from the foundation on this issue. It's my personal view that in general these kinds of situations fall pretty clearly under the Non discrimination policy of the Foundationhttp://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Non_discrimination_policyas it is written now. Because that policy or its interpretation isn't something subject to community consensus I feel we need to resolve this issue before soliciting community input on the wider matter.
Best, --- Jake Wartenberg jake@jakewartenberg.com