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Wikipedia controversy over marriage UserBox leads to Adminship resignation
- mtmail 6y agoI can't find the word 'resign' on the page. Is there another page explaining who resigned?
- JdeBP 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/980137436 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/980137436
- rendx 6y ago"Consensus is quite clear, both numerically and in terms of strength of argument, that these templates for display on Wikipedia user pages - which broadly speaking express opposition to same-sex marriage - violate the guideline on userbox content restrictions (WP:UBCR) because they are "inflammatory or divisive" and "propaganda [or] advocacy", as prohibited by that guideline. The "delete" opinions also make reference to other policies and guidelines relating to the discrimination of others on Wikimedia projects. The "keep" side makes the argument that pro-same-sex-marriage userboxes would also need deleting for the same reasons, to which others reply that such userboxes are not similarly problematic because they do not express discriminatory intent. This question cannot be decided in the present discussion because such other userboxes have not been nominated for deletion here."
- erik_seaberg 6y agoSee also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(idea_lab)#Political_Userboxes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(idea_l... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Disallow_political_opinion_and_userboxes_on_userpages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy... for more debate over political bumper stickers that don't appear in the encyclopedia pages. It seems agreeing to disagree no longer happens except tacitly, by strictly enforcing only discussion of what you're trying to accomplish and just not knowing who might disagree about anything else.