[Foundation-l] Pedophilia and the Non discrimination policy

[Jake Wartenberg]

I am not talking about "pedophilia activism", but instances where the
individual in question is not disruptively editing.


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Jake Wartenberg


On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net> wrote:

> Actually, I think the better argument is that pedophilia activism on
> Wikipedia harms the project.
>
> Fred
>
> > Jake,
> >
> > It is not an accepted practice to ban users from editing Wikipedia unless
> > they are actively disrupting, endangering, or otherwise harming the
> > project. Such bannings usually require either broad community consensus,
> > an action from the Arbitration Committee, or an action from Jimbo Wales.
> > In addition, "The Wikimedia Foundation prohibits discrimination against
> > current or prospective users and employees on the basis of race, color,
> > gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation,
> > or any other legally protected characteristics.
> >
> > Pedophile activism actively disrupts the project; is the subject of an
> > action by the Arbitration Committee; and is not a legally protected
> > characteristic.
> >
> > I am not happy with Nihonjoe_4's RfB as I not sure he was given a chance
> > to arrive at a considered resolution regarding this matter, but I
> > certainly don't like his unbriefed arguments:
> >
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ryan_Postlethwaite/archive22#Tyciol
> >
> > Fred
> >
> >
> >> In the wake of this RfB on the English
> >> Wikipedia<
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_bureaucratship/Nihonjoe_4
> >we
> >> really need some clarification from the foundation on this issue.
> >> It's
> >> my personal view that in general these kinds of situations fall pretty
> >> clearly under the Non discrimination policy of the
> >> Foundation<
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Non_discrimination_policy>as
> >> it is written now.  Because that policy or its interpretation isn't
> >> something subject to community consensus I feel we need to resolve this
> >> issue before soliciting community input on the wider matter.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> ---
> >> Jake Wartenberg
> >> jake at jakewartenberg.com
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