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_u...
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_u... (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_u... )
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.
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