The problem is which political opinions would be acceptable on a user page, and who gets to decide this. We are expected to edit neutrally, so expressing a political opinion on a user page could be considered a declaration of partisanship which could extend to editing behaviour.
Cheers, Peter From: Frederick Noronha [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 30 June 2021 00:57 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag Just seeking clarity: Is there anything wrong with expressing a political opinion on a userpage? A lot of our badges, flags, icons might have some or the other political history behind them, just that these are seen as more "normal" by today's standards. At one time, slavery too was considered quite legal. Can't this be discussed in the public domain? FN On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 at 03:34, Gereon Kalkuhl <[email protected]> wrote: Dear 4nn1|2, Thank you for informing us about the incident. But to be clear: You write that it's about a Palestinian flag. Yet actually it's about a flag with a statement: free Palestine. There's a difference. And a member of the Persian Wikipedia removed the deletion request on Commons and kept the file on the same day. I'm not judging anything here, but please be more precise in your accusations. Thank you, Gereon Am 29.06.2021 um 20:34 schrieb Amir Sarabadani: If anyone is interested to know about this incident. Send me a private message and I can explain better. Best On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 8:17 PM 4nn1l2 <[email protected]> wrote: Dear Wikimedians, Persian Wikipedia has reached a new level in their arbitrary and nonesense adminship. They have blocked me for placing a Palestinian flag on my userpage (of course they have already removed it from my userpage and you need to see a previous revision of my userpage). https://fa.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1:4nn1l2 <https://fa.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1:4nn1l2&oldid=32191672> &oldid=32191672 Another user has nominated the file for deletion on Commons! I am admin on Commons myself and I'm fed up with how fawiki is managed. They block users for the most friviolous reasons. What does this mean? Yours faithfully, User:4nn1l2 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/QKGG6JWW5S4SI4Q5XN5ZUXG5FPE5JOKE/ To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] -- Amir (he/him) _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/TCKQO6QDYJJGGJUYG623C7KRQHQPIUVQ/ To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/UAHL5ZUAFLXOFFWLSIUXHIK5UHWRIB2N/ To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ FN * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436 _/ See a different Goa here, via _/ https://youtube.com/c/frederickfnnoronha _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> Virus-free. <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> www.avg.com
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