[WikiEN-l] Peodophiles and wikipedia

[Ned Scott]

A reasonable idea, but [[User:Zanthalon]] is not a good example of  
this. That user has been unfairly blocked.

We don't block editors for being pedophiles, or because we found out  
they were a pedophile. We block them if they try to promote  
pedophilia. This, however, does not seem to be the case with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zanthalon

Fred Bauder blocked this editor based on "activities" that did not  
exist. The ironic part is that this was pointed out in the arbcom case  
specifically at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pedophilia_userbox_wheel_war/Evidence#Evidence_presented_by_Freakofnurture

The user did identify as being a pedophile on their userpage, as can  
be seen in this Wikipedia mirror: http://users.open-encyclopedia.com/Zanthalon
This message was made before the arbcom case, and before that user had  
any indication that such a comment might be inappropriate. No one ever  
notified this user about this, no warning, nothing. I have no reason  
to believe this user would not have removed the comment themselves if  
they were aware of the situation, and would have abided by the  
findings of the arbcom case. However, almost a full year after the  
editor was regularly on Wikipedia, and two months since their last  
edit, Fred Bauder comes in and indefinitely blocks the editor and  
deletes both their talk and user talk pages, and protects them.

This is a direct violation of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pedophilia_userbox_wheel_war#Wikipedia_is_open_to_all 
  (see http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Non_discrimination_policy)

Very ironic given the proposed principles that Fred supported during  
that case (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pedophilia_userbox_wheel_war/Proposed_decision#Wikipedia_is_open_to_all 
)

I'm no pedophile, and I think this guy needs help, but it's his life.  
As long as he doesn't touch anyone, I don't care what he does. He was  
a good editor on Wikipedia and followed all the policies he knew  
about. This ban serves no point, and helps no one.

-- Ned Scott

On Dec 25, 2007, at 10:07 AM, Will wrote:

> Just as a matter of courtesy to this thread, I've added a line in  
> WP:USER to
> make it less unwritten because, frankly, it needs to be less so.
>
> Diff link:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AUser_page&diff=179854352&oldid=179711309
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