[WikiEN-l] No more blocking people for who they *are*?

[Jimmy Wales]

Delirium wrote:
>  It's been suggested in the past
> that saying "I'm a neo-Nazi" ought to be a bannable offense.  Does that
> complete the list?  Neo-Nazis and pedophiles out; everybody else ok? 
> Well, I suppose "I support suicide bombings" is probably out too.  Is
> the ArbCom going to be in charge of making these decisions?

I think you meant your question to be rhetorical, but the answer is of
course "yes".  There is a question of what is good or bad for the
project as a whole, and we all agree (right?) that people acting in a
disruptive way or in a way that causes harm to our charitable mission
can be banned from the project.  (I say "can be" because it is
frequently our judgment that although we could ban certain people, it's
easier on net to do something else.)

In a great many cases, what counts as disruption or harm to the project
as a whole will come down to some very difficult judgment calls.  And
yes, the ArbCom is tasked with making those judgment calls.

--Jimbo



-- 
#######################################################################
#    Office: 1-727-231-0101       |  Free Culture and  Free Knowledge #
#    http://www.wikipedia.org     |     Building a free world         #
#######################################################################