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Wikipedia has become home base for a loose worldwide network of pedophiles who are campaigning to spin the popular online encyclopedia in ...

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This is only tangentially related to the thread, but I was looking at Netflix earlier today and noticed that a Frontline documentary DVD called "The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan" releases this week. It documents the practice of "bacha bereesh," whereby rich Afghani men (mostly warlords and opium kingpins) abduct and sexually enslave young boys, forcing them to wear women's clothing and dance for them, etc. Apparently this has been going on for centuries, though it's illegal and has been for quite some time. However, there's no Wikipedia article about it - just a mention in the article LGBT rights in Afghanistan (T-H-L-K-D). That, however, links to this article, which is a bit more disturbing, IMO.

My question is, why on earth does WP carry an article like Pretty boy (T-H-L-K-D) at all, if not to support (if not encourage) pedophilia? At best it's an Urban Dictionary term, hardly an encyclopedia subject. And note that the original version had a significantly different meaning than the current one.

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Newsfeed   EXCLUSIVE: Pedophiles Find a Home on Wikipedia - FOXNews   Fri 25th June 2010, 4:50pm
Jon Awbrey   Working Link What's the deal with the GøøGÃ...   Fri 25th June 2010, 5:08pm
thekohser   Oh, this is going to have the Foundation in a tuss...   Fri 25th June 2010, 5:19pm
GlassBeadGame   Sue Gardner obviously has no idea what "zero ...   Fri 25th June 2010, 5:28pm
Jon Awbrey   Sue Gardner obviously has no idea what "zero...   Fri 25th June 2010, 6:40pm
Milton Roe   Sue Gardner obviously has no idea what "zero...   Fri 25th June 2010, 6:43pm
Cedric   Oh, this is going to have the Foundation in a tus...   Fri 25th June 2010, 7:32pm
GlassBeadGame   Oh, this is going to have the Foundation in a tu...   Fri 25th June 2010, 8:04pm
Subtle Bee   Ms. Winters seems to be talking about a "Boy...   Fri 25th June 2010, 9:10pm
GlassBeadGame   Ms. Winters seems to be talking about a "Bo...   Fri 25th June 2010, 9:29pm
Subtle Bee   That occurred to me too. But Ms. Winter makes no ...   Fri 25th June 2010, 9:55pm
Cedric   Ms. Winters seems to be talking about a "Boy...   Fri 25th June 2010, 9:13pm
EricBarbour   Correct link, for those who can't figger out h...   Fri 25th June 2010, 10:15pm
thekohser   The most important part of this article centers on...   Sat 26th June 2010, 2:43am
Cedric   The most important part of this article centers o...   Sat 26th June 2010, 3:25am
Larry Sanger   [quote name='thekohser' post='241632' date='Fri 2...   Sat 26th June 2010, 4:53am
EricBarbour   Indeed, if this person actually has significant au...   Sat 26th June 2010, 5:29am
GlassBeadGame   [quote name='Larry Sanger' post='241638' date='Fr...   Sat 26th June 2010, 6:23am
Milton Roe   The President certainly has bigger fish to fry an...   Sat 26th June 2010, 8:20am
Peter Damian   A site search shows there is a "Squeakbox...   Sat 26th June 2010, 6:16am
Cock-up-over-conspiracy   This is good ... has anyone actually spoken to Jan...   Sat 26th June 2010, 7:40am
Peter Damian   Presidents are over-rated when it comes to this k...   Sat 26th June 2010, 10:11am
WikiWatch   Interesting. Fox seems to think it can smell blood...   Sat 26th June 2010, 10:36am
dogbiscuit   Wikipedia is such an easy target, through their ow...   Sat 26th June 2010, 10:06am
Cock-up-over-conspiracy   Sue Gardner obviously has no idea what "zero ...   Sat 26th June 2010, 2:52pm
GlassBeadGame   Sue Gardner obviously has no idea what "zero...   Sat 26th June 2010, 8:11pm
Cock-up-over-conspiracy   Who ... Erik 'the Child' Moellester?[quote...   Sun 27th June 2010, 3:24am
EricBarbour   So, just to clarify, it was ... Erik '[i]The ...   Mon 28th June 2010, 12:20am
HRIP7   [quote name='HRIP7' post='241753' date='Sun 27th ...   Mon 28th June 2010, 1:48am
The Wales Hunter   Just noticed Squeakbox (Wiki user) is threatening ...   Sat 26th June 2010, 3:39pm
GlassBeadGame   Just noticed Squeakbox (Wiki user) is threatening...   Sat 26th June 2010, 4:26pm
CharlotteWebb   Just noticed Squeakbox (Wiki user) is threatening...   Sat 26th June 2010, 4:38pm
The Wales Hunter   Surprising the right-wingers on WP didn't bee...   Sat 26th June 2010, 7:46pm
Cedric   [quote name='CharlotteWebb' post='241668' date='S...   Sat 26th June 2010, 9:21pm
CharlotteWebb   Ha! I've read the Tweets of the man behin...   Sat 26th June 2010, 9:45pm
thekohser   Wikipedia Squeakbox has always come across as one...   Sun 27th June 2010, 7:52pm
Larry Sanger   ... So, he's one of the few Wikipedians oppos...   Mon 28th June 2010, 2:55am
the fieryangel   But there was a purge of pedophile editors in 200...   Mon 28th June 2010, 8:00am
dogbiscuit   But there was a purge of pedophile editors in 200...   Mon 28th June 2010, 10:21am
Stillwaterising   It is also worth remembering that you have to thi...   Mon 28th June 2010, 12:17pm
GlassBeadGame   It is also worth remembering that you have to th...   Mon 28th June 2010, 2:04pm
carbuncle   [quote name='Stillwaterising' post='241794' date=...   Mon 28th June 2010, 2:13pm
Selina   Wow, Fox news got something right for a change... ...   Sat 26th June 2010, 5:02pm
Peter Damian   The discussion on Jimbo's talk page http://en....   Sat 26th June 2010, 6:40pm
GlassBeadGame   The discussion on Jimbo's talk page http://en...   Sat 26th June 2010, 6:55pm
Peter Damian   Can you provide confirmation of (11)? This has ...   Sat 26th June 2010, 6:56pm
GlassBeadGame   Can you provide confirmation of (11)? This has...   Sat 26th June 2010, 7:07pm
CharlotteWebb   [quote name='Cock-up-over-conspira...   Sat 26th June 2010, 9:27pm
Moulton   Case 1: Impostor B claims to be A, whilst A cites ...   Sun 27th June 2010, 12:59pm
CharlotteWebb   [quote name='CharlotteWebb' post='241684' date='S...   Sun 27th June 2010, 2:47pm
Moulton   Game theory, gotta love it. Philosopher-Logician R...   Sun 27th June 2010, 6:49pm
Theanima   Fox News may well be right here, but it's a sh...   Sat 26th June 2010, 7:56pm
Peter Damian   Stillwaterising has come in for much criticism at ...   Sun 27th June 2010, 10:21am
HRIP7   Stillwaterising has come in for much criticism at...   Sun 27th June 2010, 10:52am
carbuncle   Stillwaterising has come in for much criticism at...   Sun 27th June 2010, 12:00pm
GlassBeadGame   Stillwaterising has come in for much criticism at...   Sun 27th June 2010, 3:37pm
Somey   To him the important thing is be some kind of ...   Sun 27th June 2010, 4:14pm
Cock-up-over-conspiracy   Right, but putting his underlying motives aside fo...   Sun 27th June 2010, 5:38pm
Somey   Is it Japanese culture, pornography culture or und...   Sun 27th June 2010, 7:13pm
Cock-up-over-conspiracy   It's all three, and to some extent it can be a...   Mon 28th June 2010, 4:36am
HRIP7   [quote name='Somey' post='241727' date='Sun 27th ...   Sun 27th June 2010, 11:53pm
Jon Awbrey   He has learned how to get Wikipedia to feed his p...   Sun 27th June 2010, 4:18pm
Stillwaterising   I guess what I'm saying is that I can accept ...   Mon 28th June 2010, 1:04am
Peter Damian   False.   Sun 27th June 2010, 3:17pm
Peter Damian   Wales removed the discussion immediately after thi...   Sun 27th June 2010, 6:47pm
SB_Johnny   Wales removed the discussion immediately after th...   Sun 27th June 2010, 9:56pm
tarantino   These photos by an early 20th century German gynec...   Mon 28th June 2010, 4:10am
Cock-up-over-conspiracy   Let's look at this from a different angle ... ...   Mon 28th June 2010, 4:48am
thekohser   What is it about Wikipediots that they can't s...   Mon 28th June 2010, 2:53pm
Kelly Martin   What is it about Wikipediots that they can't s...   Mon 28th June 2010, 3:03pm
Jon Awbrey   What is it about Wikipediots that they [url=http...   Mon 28th June 2010, 3:08pm
thekohser   The DJ weighs in, after saying "I looked into...   Mon 28th June 2010, 3:19pm
thekohser   My question is, why on earth does WP carry an art...   Mon 28th June 2010, 7:49pm
Peter Damian   Answering some of Larry’s questions: # On the ...   Mon 28th June 2010, 6:46pm
Kelly Martin   The problem (as DogBiscuit clearly explains above)...   Mon 28th June 2010, 6:57pm
dogbiscuit   This is only true if the point of view being forw...   Mon 28th June 2010, 7:40pm
Milton Roe   Of course there are other sub-topics that have di...   Mon 28th June 2010, 7:56pm
CharlotteWebb   For example, note the large number of single-purp...   Mon 28th June 2010, 10:32pm
GlassBeadGame   Lets return from the rabbit hole of user generated...   Mon 28th June 2010, 7:59pm
Subtle Bee   What is not clear is what exactly tends to drive ...   Tue 29th June 2010, 12:59am
Milton Roe   "Unmarried urban Canadian male grad student...   Tue 29th June 2010, 1:41am
danielaword   [b]FOXNews Wikipedia has become home base for a ...   Mon 28th June 2010, 8:19pm
carbuncle   [b]FOXNews Wikipedia has become home base for a...   Mon 28th June 2010, 8:32pm
Peter Damian   It irritates me that they are going on about the e...   Mon 28th June 2010, 8:41pm
thekohser   So please Mr TheDJ, check your sources. Jana...   Mon 28th June 2010, 8:45pm
Alison   And as regards current policy (such that it is), s...   Tue 29th June 2010, 2:13am
GlassBeadGame   And as regards current policy (such that it is), ...   Tue 29th June 2010, 2:50am
Alison   This is usually about the time some shithead Wiki...   Tue 29th June 2010, 10:05am
the fieryangel   [quote name='GlassBeadGame' post='241874' date='M...   Tue 29th June 2010, 11:27am
GlassBeadGame   [quote name='GlassBeadGame' post='241874' date='...   Tue 29th June 2010, 4:52pm
Subtle Bee   [quote name='the fieryangel' post='241900' date='...   Tue 29th June 2010, 6:18pm
GlassBeadGame   [quote name='the fieryangel' post='241900' date=...   Tue 29th June 2010, 6:49pm
Alison   [quote name='Alison' post='241895' date='Tue 29th...   Wed 30th June 2010, 12:55am
tarantino   [quote name='the fieryangel' post='241900' date='...   Wed 30th June 2010, 2:43am
thekohser   And I'm no apologist for Jimmy Wales, but I s...   Wed 30th June 2010, 2:45am
Alison   Well, Allie, maybe if Jimbo hadn't habitually...   Wed 30th June 2010, 4:37am
Cock-up-over-conspiracy   I spent/spend a lot of time covering up personal i...   Wed 30th June 2010, 4:35am
Alison   This is usually about the time some shithead Wiki...   Wed 30th June 2010, 4:35am
Cock-up-over-conspiracy   I just do not see why volunteers should waste thei...   Tue 29th June 2010, 2:40am
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