[WikiEN-l] Nazi userboxes

[Tony Jacobs]

>From: Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net>
>Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
>To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Nazi userboxes
>Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:36:20 +0000
>
>On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:34:19 -0800, "Tony Jacobs"
><gtjacobs at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >It bothers me that we consider it our place to draw that line.  Can we
> >please just ban political userboxes already, and avoid having to make 
>calls
> >about why being a Nazi is so much worse than supporting [YOUR LEAST 
>FAVORITE
> >REGIME HERE]?
>
>Not even close.
>
>That user's page contained:
>
>(Slipknot) This User is a Maggot
>(GRRR!) This User thinks copyright/fair use is a bitch
>(image) This User disagrees with the existance of WP:Point because
>Wikipedia is not censored
>(swastika) This User is a Nazi
>(image of raised middle finger) This User's middle name is offensive
>and he honestly couldn't care less about you
>(BOMB!) The only sport this User plays is Yo Momma
>
>The user has less than a dozen mainspace edits, several of which were
>re-introducing unsourced images removed from the article by others.
>
>The user has edited mainspace once since September.
>
>The user has a history of copyright violations and has been blocked
>for vandalism.
>
>We have already wasted more time discussing this than the user is
>worth to the project, on that evidence.  It's worth debating the likes
>of SPUI and nobs01 because they are as productive as they can be
>maddening.  This one?  I think not.
>

Personally, I wasn't discussing that user at all, but the principle of 
tolerating some political userboxes and not others.

GTB

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