[WikiEN-l] User:Pakaran calls for censorship of Wikipedia

[Abe Sokolov]

[[User:Pakaran]] left the following message at [[User talk:RickK]]:

"Hi, thanks for the info.  I agree that the "red faction" thing has gone too 
far.  :Feel free to block all addreses adding communist POV to the 
wikipedia."

For verification 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User_talk:RickK&diff=0&oldid=2622478 
compare the two versions].

The ideological censorship endorsed by [[User:Pakaran]] constitutes a 
blatant abuse of admin powers. Developers, who have the power need to 
suspend adminships, need to monitor the behavior Pakaran.

RickK did not make these comments, so we have to give him the benefit of the 
doubt. This is far worse than a single misuse of sysop powers. Over the 
course of the 15 months that I've been contributing to Wikipedia, I've never 
seen any statement vis-à-vis sysop powers so appalling. We can all screw up 
from time to time, but to have a sysop openly advocating ideological 
CENSORSHIP by means of bans and blocks might be unprecedented. Unless the 
statements are retracted clearly and unambiguously, this is a case for quick 
and permanent suspension of sysop powers.

Also, please see my comments at [[Wikipedia:Conflicts between users]]. The 
specter of McCarthyism is haunting Wikipedia. The comments by User:Pakaran 
are merely an example of a broader, overarching pattern; the abuse of users 
who hold unpopular beliefs is practically out in the open now and out of 
control.

Recently, e.g., [[User:Adam Carr]] has been seeking to discrediting me for 
having a more sympathetic view of the Sunshine Policy of former South Korean 
President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Kim Dae-jung and negotiations with 
the DPRK.

For this, Adam has been going from page to page, attempting to discredit me 
as an "apologist for Stalinism." For the sake of argument, if one goes by 
his standards, Madeline Albright, e.g., who visited the DPRK late in the 
Clinton administration, would also be Stalinist dupe. For crying out loud, 
this might even be absurd to the John Birch Society. Dr. Carr, however, 
isn't an idiot; he knows what he's doing. He knows that sloganeering, 
browbeating, and McCarthyism allow him to mobilize support on Wiki whenever 
his edits are being challenged. If you're ever in an edit war, just call 
your opponent a Commie and let mob rule take care of everything!!

Only a handful of users seem to care about fostering pluralism, diversity, 
tolerance, and mutual respect on Wiki these days. Fortunately, site owner 
Jimbo Wales is the most ardent defender of a pluralistic community of users. 
His guidance is desperately needed at this point.

Mr. Wales, whom I'm deeply respect for founding this experiment in applying 
a certain set of principles, needs to explain to these "anti-Communist" 
advocates of censorship the differences between liberty and fascism.

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