[Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag

2021-07-03 Thread 4nn1l2
endly reminder: Slavery is against human rights. >>> ------ >>> *From:* Yaroslav Blanter >>> *Sent:* Friday, July 2, 2021 2:22 PM >>> *To:* Wikimedia Mailing List >>> *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian f

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag

2021-07-03 Thread Frederick Noronha
nt:* 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,

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag

2021-07-02 Thread William Chan
:* Friday, July 2, 2021 2:22 PM >> *To:* Wikimedia Mailing List >> *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag >> >> I do not know. Whoever puts a userbox "I support slavery" on their user >> page on the English Wikipedia invites a fast b

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag

2021-07-02 Thread Gnangarra
> *To:* Wikimedia Mailing List > *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag > > I do not know. Whoever puts a userbox "I support slavery" on their user > page on the English Wikipedia invites a fast block does not matter what > their edits in the article

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag

2021-07-02 Thread Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga
Friendly reminder: Slavery is against human rights. From: Yaroslav Blanter Sent: Friday, July 2, 2021 2:22 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag I do not know. Whoever puts a userbox "I support sl

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag

2021-07-02 Thread Yaroslav Blanter
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:fredericknoro...@gmail.com] >>

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag

2021-07-02 Thread Peter Southwood
, Peter From: Frederick Noronha [mailto:fredericknoro...@gmail.com] 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

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag

2021-06-29 Thread مفتاح المعرفة
The name of the file is free Palestine but the picture is just the flag of the country without any political aspects. Even though I don't find anything wrong in adding a political point of view to a userpage. Best في الأربعاء، ٣٠ حزيران، ٢٠٢١ ١:٠٤ ص Gereon Kalkuhl كتب: > Dear 4nn1|2, > >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag

2021-06-29 Thread Frederick Noronha
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

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag

2021-06-29 Thread Gereon Kalkuhl
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

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag

2021-06-29 Thread 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 <4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > Persian Wikipedia has reached a new level in their arbitrary and nonesense > adminship.