[Foundation-l] Pedophilia and the Non discrimination policy

[Anthony]

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 8:28 PM, David Levy <lifeisunfair at gmail.com> wrote:
> John Vandenberg wrote:
>
>> What about a known paedophile who knows a lot about kiddie topics?
>
> And edits the articles in accordance with policy?
>
>> Or a known murderer or rapist who edits biographies of potential
>> targets?  i.e. people that live in the same locality.
>
> Are the edits in accordance with policy?
>
Which policy?  If someone inserts a sentence into an article without
including a reliable source, have they broken policy?

> My understanding of the case that triggered this thread (and please
> correct me if I'm mistaken) is that the user in question did not edit
> inappropriately (and was blocked because he self-identified as a
> pedophile on other websites).

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User%3ATyciol

Ryan's block wasn't the first one, or even the first indefinite one.