--- Wouter Steenbeek musiqolog@hotmail.com wrote:
Wouter wrote:
Suppose, by comparision, that I suggested for fun that orthodox Muslims
were
right in saying homosexuals should be executioned. I don't think that
would
make you smile; in your position, I would ask for immediate removal of
the
offender from the mailing list and permanent blocking on Wikipedia.
Why on earth should such a person be blocked?
-- Matt
Because I would take it serious and don't want people with this and similar views to edit Wikipedia.
Why shouldn't people with such views edit Wikipedia? What about NPOV (Neutral Point of View)?
-- Matt
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From: Matt R matt_crypto@yahoo.co.uk Reply-To: wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org To: wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Internal Radio Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:54:44 +0100 (BST)
--- Wouter Steenbeek musiqolog@hotmail.com wrote:
Wouter wrote:
Suppose, by comparision, that I suggested for fun that orthodox
Muslims
were
right in saying homosexuals should be executioned. I don't think
that
would
make you smile; in your position, I would ask for immediate removal
of
the
offender from the mailing list and permanent blocking on Wikipedia.
Why on earth should such a person be blocked?
-- Matt
Because I would take it serious and don't want people with this and
similar
views to edit Wikipedia.
Why shouldn't people with such views edit Wikipedia? What about NPOV (Neutral Point of View)?
NPOV has its limits, Matt. Such persons would probably start modfiing pages like [[Homosexuality]], [[Sexuality]], [[Osama bin Laden]], [[George Bush]] etc etc, just because extremists cannot distinguish fact and opinion. Of course, they cannot be removed after a lot of such violations.
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On Apr 12, 2005 6:58 PM, Wouter Steenbeek musiqolog@hotmail.com wrote:
NPOV has its limits, Matt. Such persons would probably start modfiing pages like [[Homosexuality]], [[Sexuality]], [[Osama bin Laden]], [[George Bush]] etc etc, just because extremists cannot distinguish fact and opinion. Of course, they cannot be removed after a lot of such violations.
And if their edits are POV, they can be changed or reverted. But we should not pre-judge that. One's right to edit on Wikipedia does NOT depend on the POV that is being held, but on one's willingness and ability to not let that POV interfere with NPOV editing.
Andre Engels
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