The result of the discussion was speedy delete by Drmies ( G7: One author who has requested deletion or blanked the page) ( non-admin closure) — JJMC89 ( T· C) 02:35, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
Not an acceptable project space essay, per the relevant policy: "Essays ... that are found to contradict widespread consensus, belong in the user namespace." This essay seems to be advocating basically banning users with religious convictions from editing Wikipedia: " it could be expected if not assumed that when editing articles related to their affiliation that they would do so with bias", "If a person is uncertain about if flying horses exist or not, even if their faith dictates it does, then they can not be trusted with writing credible encyclopedia content", "the fact primarily religious writers sway articles in such a way that they appear to demonstrate a religious belief as more tangible than it actually is or, at the expense of the truth, tries to rework a religious script into appearing that it serves some other purpose than what it does in fact", "It could also be said that allowing a person with such a belief to impart knowledge is dangerous as they clearly have an unrealistic view of reality", etc. I hope I don't have to explain how that contradicts widespread consensus.
It's also generally denigrating to religion in general: "It is therefore likely that those members will try to promote their ideologies here on Wikipedia without consideration for evidence or facts, just as members of Gadaffi's[sic] political groups would have", "But what is the true difference between the WBC and all others who follow the exact same scripture? There is little difference...If the group simply went around waving signs saying "god hates faggots" then there would be a lot more agreement from the Christian community".
I would honestly prefer that we delete it entirely, but it should certainly at least be userfied; this has no place in project space. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 22:13, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
The result of the discussion was speedy delete by Drmies ( G7: One author who has requested deletion or blanked the page) ( non-admin closure) — JJMC89 ( T· C) 02:35, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
Not an acceptable project space essay, per the relevant policy: "Essays ... that are found to contradict widespread consensus, belong in the user namespace." This essay seems to be advocating basically banning users with religious convictions from editing Wikipedia: " it could be expected if not assumed that when editing articles related to their affiliation that they would do so with bias", "If a person is uncertain about if flying horses exist or not, even if their faith dictates it does, then they can not be trusted with writing credible encyclopedia content", "the fact primarily religious writers sway articles in such a way that they appear to demonstrate a religious belief as more tangible than it actually is or, at the expense of the truth, tries to rework a religious script into appearing that it serves some other purpose than what it does in fact", "It could also be said that allowing a person with such a belief to impart knowledge is dangerous as they clearly have an unrealistic view of reality", etc. I hope I don't have to explain how that contradicts widespread consensus.
It's also generally denigrating to religion in general: "It is therefore likely that those members will try to promote their ideologies here on Wikipedia without consideration for evidence or facts, just as members of Gadaffi's[sic] political groups would have", "But what is the true difference between the WBC and all others who follow the exact same scripture? There is little difference...If the group simply went around waving signs saying "god hates faggots" then there would be a lot more agreement from the Christian community".
I would honestly prefer that we delete it entirely, but it should certainly at least be userfied; this has no place in project space. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 22:13, 5 May 2016 (UTC)