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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Nathan (talk | contribs) at 19:02, 22 July 2008 (→Policy or essay?). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Policy or essay?

Is this intended to be a policy or an essay? As a policy, it has an uncountable number of pitfalls - not the least of which is differences in cultural mores and the need for a global perspective. What is considered taboo varies enormously between cultures, so what makes the list? Only Western taboo subjects?

On the other hand, its clear that there should be a codification of the unwritten policy that pro-pedophilia advocates, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, etc. are to an extent "blocked on identification." At the moment pedophiles are blocked following a still not widely known ArbCom decision, and the others are inevitably blocked following a contentious discussion on an admin noticeboard. It makes sense to clarify those situations with a consensus-driven policy. Avruch T 19:01, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The other thing is that perhaps WP:TABOO should be a redirect to something like "Controversial subjects" - "Taboo topics" - "Editors with taboo views" etc. Avruch T 19:02, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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