[Foundation-l] Pedophilia and the Non discrimination policy

[Fred Bauder]

Actually, I think the better argument is that pedophilia activism on
Wikipedia harms the project.

Fred

> Jake,
>
> It is not an accepted practice to ban users from editing Wikipedia unless
> they are actively disrupting, endangering, or otherwise harming the
> project. Such bannings usually require either broad community consensus,
> an action from the Arbitration Committee, or an action from Jimbo Wales.
> In addition, "The Wikimedia Foundation prohibits discrimination against
> current or prospective users and employees on the basis of race, color,
> gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation,
> or any other legally protected characteristics.
>
> Pedophile activism actively disrupts the project; is the subject of an
> action by the Arbitration Committee; and is not a legally protected
> characteristic.
>
> I am not happy with Nihonjoe_4's RfB as I not sure he was given a chance
> to arrive at a considered resolution regarding this matter, but I
> certainly don't like his unbriefed arguments:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ryan_Postlethwaite/archive22#Tyciol
>
> Fred
>
>
>> In the wake of this RfB on the English
>> Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_bureaucratship/Nihonjoe_4>we
>> 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
>> Foundation<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Non_discrimination_policy>as
>> 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 at jakewartenberg.com
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