Rob wrote:
Your argument would be compelling were we talking about something like first ammendment free speech rights in the democratic US. But he is not entitled to a "day in court" because wikipedia is not a democracy, it is not a social experiment, it is not a soapbox, a public forum, a commons, a message board, etc., etc. It is an encyclopedia where such a hateful and absurd dogma as Nazi-ism has no place.
Yellow card! :-) Officially WP has no position on whether Nazi dogma is hateful or absurd - that is just another POV.
If it is going to become WP policy to pre-ban editors, then we should be at least honest about it and put it up front on the login creation page:
"If you are found to be an adherent of any dogma that any Wikipedia administrator find hateful and/or absurd, your login may be subject to immediate suspension."
I suspect a lot of admins would go for this level of power actually. :-)
Stan