[WikiEN-l] Using RachelCorrie's name as a user name - sickening

[Zoe]

Not to mention that at least one of those pictures, and probably more than one, is a copyright violation.  It comes from the yahoo pictures site, is copyrighted by Reuters, and the page it comes from specifically says that it MAY NOT be reproduced.  Zoe

james duffy <jtdirl at hotmail.com> wrote:


OK. That is it. I've definitely come across the most revolting thing on 
wikipedia. An anonymous user how now decided to use the name of a recent 
dead person, Rachel Corrie. It is stomach churning to think that anyone 
could be so tactless as to use a dead person's name and spread it all across 
the wiki doing edits, etc. We didn't say say you cannot choose a recently 
dead person's name because no-one could have imagined that anyone would be 
so sick as to do it. Obviously there are sickos out there who stoop to this 
repulsive level.

That's before you get into the contents, which is just YET ANOTHER rachel 
corrie shrine, littered with every image that can be found. Some people on 
wiki have been sailing very close to the POV wind in their promotion of 
image upon image of Rachel, a lof of them totally irrelevant. Just the same 
shots repeated in a different pose. Rachel looking to camera in the USA. 
Rachel looking to camera in Gaza. Rachel looking to camera again in the US 
(but this time with a frown! Obviously we NEED to show her smiling AND 
frowning!!! The agendasizing of the main article on her with photographs is 
bad enough. Creating a User:RachelCorrie is beyond disgusting. What next? 
Supporters of the Iraq War creating a user name under the late British 
soldier Ian Malone's name with pro-war images. Supporters of George Bush 
creating a username to promote images for the President. Supporters of 
Saddam creating a user name in his name to put pro-Saddam images on? This is 
getting ridiculous and is making an ass out of wikipedia and showing 
monumental disrespect to a recently deceased person. God forbid that any of 
Rachel's family should do a google search and find wiki has someone claiming 
to be their daughter or sister. What sort of sad sicko would be tactless and 
crude enough to do such a thing?

JT


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