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Ahem. Timeout. I've blanked this talk page momentarily because although there is some good discussion here, there's a lot of very bad discussion. This is not the appropriate place for a general philosophical discussion about Islam, freedom of speech, terrorism, religious tolerance, etc. Not only is ''''this talk page'''' not the right place for it, ''''Wikipedia'''' is not the right place for it. Here, we are polite, thoughtful, smart, geeky people, trying only to do something which is undoubtably ''''good'''' in the world: write and give away a free encyclopedia. |
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Now, there are legitimate questions on both sides regarding this particular article, and I want to encourage a discussion of that. But please, do it with the very strong assumption of good faith on all parties to the discussion, and stick directly and purely to the ''''editorial'''' question at hand, rather than a general philosophical debate.--[[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimbo Wales]] 00:44, 1 February 2006 (UTC) |
Now, there are legitimate questions on both sides regarding this particular article, and I want to encourage a discussion of that. But please, do it with the very strong assumption of good faith on all parties to the discussion, and stick directly and purely to the ''''editorial'''' question at hand, rather than a general philosophical debate.--[[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimbo Wales]] 00:44, 1 February 2006 (UTC) |
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Ahem. Timeout. I've blanked this talk page momentarily because although there is some good discussion here, there's a lot of very bad discussion. This is not the appropriate place for a general philosophical discussion about Islam, freedom of speech, terrorism, religious tolerance, etc. Not only is 'this talk page' not the right place for it, 'Wikipedia' is not the right place for it. Here, we are polite, thoughtful, smart, geeky people, trying only to do something which is undoubtably 'good' in the world: write and give away a free encyclopedia.
Now, there are legitimate questions on both sides regarding this particular article, and I want to encourage a discussion of that. But please, do it with the very strong assumption of good faith on all parties to the discussion, and stick directly and purely to the 'editorial' question at hand, rather than a general philosophical debate.--Jimbo Wales 00:44, 1 February 2006 (UTC)