On 6/1/06, Erik Moeller eloquence@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/31/06, MacGyverMagic/Mgm macgyvermagic@gmail.com wrote:
Either cut all religious userboxes or keep them all, don't start getting selective. The box is just as useful as a "I am a Christian"-box. Disrepute due to beliefs is only an issue if said editors consistently misbehave.
Agreed. One delusion is no more or less reputable than the other. "I believe in X" userboxes should be deleted or subst:ed generally, or replaced with "I am interested in X" boxes. Surely, "I am interested in Satanism" would not be a problem for anyone.
Tony probably knows this and is hoping for exactly such an outcome. :-)
Erik
Using Tony's argument about disrepute (possibly based around the Christian American society view), if a general reader stumbled over "I am interested in Satanism" on a user page they would be just as disgusted. Wikipedia accepts editors without regard to their outside lives.
Peter Ansell