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

[Tony Sidaway]

On 2/7/06, Steve Bennett <stevage at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>   Just a thought in the wake of the pedophile thing. Could we agree
> not to ever again block people for what they are? No matter how
> disgusting, unpleasant, immoral etc. Such things always being at least
> somewhat objective, we should stick instead to only blocking people
> for actions.
>

Yes, I think we can:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pedophilia_userbox_wheel_war/Proposed_decision#Wikipedia_is_open_to_all_3

Wikipedia is open to all

10.2) It is not an accepted practice to ban users from editing
Wikipedia unless they are actively disrupting, endangering, or
otherwise harming the project. Such bannings usually require either
broad community consensus, an action from the Arbitration Committee,
or an action from Jimbo Wales. In addition, "The Wikimedia Foundation
prohibits discrimination against current or prospective users and
employees on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national
origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other legally
protected characteristics." -
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Non_discrimination_policy

    Support:

       1. ➥the Epopt 19:12, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
       2. Fred Bauder 19:14, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
       3. Raul654 19:17, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
       4. —Matthew Brown (T:C) 19:23, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
       5. SimonP 19:55, 6 February 2006 (UTC) Harm to the project has
to be the standard.
       6. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:13, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
       7. Charles Matthews 22:02, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
       8. First choice. Dmcdevit·t 22:40, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
       9. Mackensen (talk) 00:44, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
      10. Jayjg (talk) 03:34, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
      11. Neutralitytalk 06:23, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
      12. Sam Korn (smoddy) 15:55, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
      13. James F. (talk) 19:37, 7 February 2006 (UTC)