Walter,
This chap sounds like quite the fool. If he's actually putting this in
articles (I do not read Dutch well, so I don't know exactly what was
written), then it is POV rubbish and should be reverted like any common
vandalism. Saying "Allah Akhbar is almost the same as Heil Hitler" is quite
clearly POV.
That said, if he's just hitting up talk pages and his own user page with
this sort of nonsense, I'd let it slide. Yes, it stinks, and yes, I
disagree with it, but it's better to let him make a fool of himself than
start censoring. It's a slippery slope from "no racist comments" to
"don't
question Jimbo Wales IX, Supreme Overlord and God-Emperor of Wikipedia!".
This also works in reverse, so all of the nonsense on the talk page of
[[en:Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons]] about getting rid of images that
are potentially offensive to Muslims is rubbish. There is no room on
Wikipedia for self-censorship to pander to any minority group, be they
Muslims or racists.
Regards,
- Craig Franklin [[en:Lankiveil]]
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and Culture.
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Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:59:23 +0700
From: Walter van Kalken <walter(a)vankalken.net>
Subject: [Wikipedia-l] Insulting the islam is allowed on nl: wikipedia
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On nl: wikipedia we have a user (Torero) who under him quoting the
rights of freedom of speech is insulting the islam and everyone who
doesn't think like him on a regular basis.
Today he wrote:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Overleg:DemoCrates.net&diff=3…
1&oldid=3011315
Allah Akbar is almost the same as Heil Hitler.
This is not the first time he did this. He has insulted the islam and
muslims on multiple occasions. Also he constantly accuses people of
being leftwing etc.
Unfortunately this is "tolerated" on nl: by the mods and anyone else who
do not dare to pose an opposition against these kind of users. And
everytime he apologises some time later. But what does an apology count
for if he keeps on repeating himself time and time again. And again a
user who happens to be muslim is going on wikibreak because of this.
Freedom of speech ?????
Waerth/Walter
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