[WikiEN-l] Nazi userboxes
geni
geniice at gmail.com
Thu Nov 30 18:54:16 UTC 2006
On 11/30/06, Michael Bimmler <mbimmler at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just came across the following userpage
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Blind14
> which shows a "This user is a nazi"-userbox quite prominently,
> depicting a swastika in a clearly non-enzyclopedic contect (i.e. as a
> personal non-scientific reference / symbol of adherence). I'm not sure
> about legislation in US but I wonder whether this could be an offense
> against law.
Nope totaly legal in the US. PRobably not legal in germany probably
legal in the UK.
>Feel free to comment on whether it is a violation of
> Wikipedia policies, I won't comment this, as I didn't take part in the
> Great Userboxes War.
> Michael
Ignore them there is nothing to be gained by feeding the !trolls.
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geni
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