[Foundation-l] and what if...

[Anthony]

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 6:54 AM, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 2008/12/13 Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia-inc.com>:
>> > 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.