I am not talking about "pedophilia activism", but instances where the individual in question is not disruptively editing.
--- Jake Wartenberg On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Fred Bauder <[email protected]> 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 > >> [email protected] > >> _______________________________________________ > >> foundation-l mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
