[WikiEN-l] cancelation of the deletion review of the satanism userbox

[Jesse W]

On Jun 1, 2006, at 12:14 AM, MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
> Yes, in this world filled with ignorance and intolerance, proclaiming 
> you're
> a satanist is probably going to get you a different reaction, but my 
> point
> is that if Wikipedia wants to get anywhere near neutral we should treat
> anyone who can edit properly equally.
Yes, of course; and if you see an example of us not doing this, please 
bring it up.  *This* *was* *not* *one*.  A userbox is not a user.  One 
of the troublesome things about userboxes (or any template that 
expresses a personal attribute) is that people often mistake them for 
the people themselves, and consider an edit to the template to be an 
attack on them, personally.  This is an utterly understandable, but sad 
and troublesome *mistake*.

Please - put personal expression where it belongs - directly on your 
userpage.

Jesse Weinstein