[WikiEN-l] Re: A neo-Nazi wikipedia

[Rob]

We're not here to get insight from interactions with
Nazis or anyone else, we're here to write an
encyclopedia.  If we need insight about Nazis to
improve Wikipedia articles, then we should get it from
the many, many published works about Nazis and not
from  having chats with them (which would be original
research anyway). 

We're not here to convert Nazis to sanity with
Wikilove either. While I admire anyone stubborn and
capable enough to try to save a racist, that's simply
not our job. 

We're here to write Nazis should be banned not just
because they are a particularly nasty form of human
virus, but because they will inevitably interfere with
our goals.  They will waste the time of editors who
must undo their vandalism, argue with them, explain
the rules, do research to refute their crackpot
nonsense, etc., etc.  We're here to write accurate,
NPOV encyclopedia articles, and anyone who interferes
with that goal should be booted, including Nazis,
vandals, trolls, social experimenters, and Anonymoose.

Michael Turley michael.turley at gmail.com:
As much as we dislike their views, it is likely that
Nazis and neo-Nazis will give us better insight into
their own views, and improve the articles related to
those viewpoints.

Geoff Burling llywrch at agora.rdrop.com:
What's the best that can happen? Maybe this Neo-Nazi
isn't as firm in his beliefs as he might think -- or 
simply has never been exposed to other people
different from him -- & his experience on Wikipedia
convinces him to abandon these beliefs.


		
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