hi Philip, like i said, the few references we have on shipmans background claim him to be jewish http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/archive/display.var.9777.0.yousafs_religious_fa...
It seems to be the norm when writing on the background of a celebrity or serial killer to include details of his background which if he has one , his religious background.
Perhaps there should be a policy for wikipedia. If someone mentions the religious background of a criminal they should be banned indefinately as an anti-semite or an islamaphobe, etc.
But i was most certainly unaware of such a wikipedia policy, and wasn't informed there was one.
From: Philip Welch wikipedia@philwelch.net Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] blocked for a week for these edits Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 01:46:40 -0700
On May 20, 2006, at 1:23 AM, abu hamza wrote:
The last point, why is a persons religious and ethnic background not relevant to a wiki site on a person. Any references or sources , however slim have claimed he was jewish. One should be asking why certain people were vehmently opposed to listing his religious and ethnic background
This man is a notorious murderer. To claim that he was Jewish when he is not, or when there is no proof that he is, constitutes anti-Semitism.
Wikipedia will never be used to further a bigoted, racist agenda. I am willing to do anything it takes to prevent it. Be glad you were blocked for a week. I would have blocked indefinitely.
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