QUOTE(Appleby @ Fri 25th September 2009, 2:42pm)
QUOTE(everyking @ Fri 25th September 2009, 3:24pm)
Anybody who thinks petty politics is more important than "one more article on a 13th century theologian" has lost the plot completely and has no place on the project.
It's not petty politics. It's ensuring thast there is a
congenial environment for people to edit in. I don't think he should have been banned indef but I see the logic in having such bans sometimes.
Congenial environment -
(
Real world) a place where my divergent but rational views will be cordially discussed and tolerated.
(
Wikipedia world) a publishing venue where nobody will ever criticize my lying, my cheating, my hypocrisy, or my graft.