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Personal reflections on the Crucifixion controversy

It's been a couple of the most interesting days in my editing experience. :-) Given that a lot of the discussion has been about me, I feel it might be appropriate for me to say some relevant things about me. I'm doing it here, because it clearly does not belong on the article talk page.

First of all, no, I do not have Asperger's syndrome, although I have the utmost respect for people who do and who make valuable contributions to society. And I deplore the hate-speech that has occurred.

What may be more interesting is that I also do not particularly like anime. It doesn't make me upset or have any particular salience for me, but I just don't think it's much of a big deal, or particularly interesting. I'm not a fan of it. Also, the editors who know me from WT:BIO, where I frequently argue against recentism and fancruft, would likely be very surprised to see me arguing for pop culture in this case.

So, what gives? My personal likes and dislikes (or those of any other editor) are irrelevant to whether something is or is not notable and encyclopedic. I care, a lot, about Wikipedia telling the truth in an NPOV way. And sometimes, that means questioning people's preconceptions about what is or is not worthy of inclusion. Think of it as a sort of one-person Wiki Civil Liberties Union. What erupted at Crucifixion is still being sorted out, but at least some of it was various forms of Idon'tlikeit growing out of Christian or Western or various other Points of View. Material that is notable can sometimes make people uncomfortable, and they'll find ways to object to it for reasons that sound objective and reasonable, but which are really unexamined. I'm convinced that's happening—with some editors, certainly not everyone—in this controversy. Wikipedia is richer if that gets examined.

And another thing: I have no use for bullies. Bullies show up from time to time on this website, and most good, thoughtful, editors are not very good at dealing with them, often just giving in. What happened over the last few days has been a massive display of bullying masquerading as a snow closure, and the bullies chose the wrong editor to pick a fight with. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:11, 1 December 2009 (UTC)