[Foundation-l] and what if...

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

Anthony 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.
>   

Yeah. Sadly equally valid as the statement: "the sorts of people
who idolize Ayn Rand are generally the sorts of people who
ought to be blocked on sight from Wikipedia".

That is to say, zero validity at all as a rhetorical point for a good
faith cause. Only good for fuzzying the issue.


Yours,

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen