User talk:GGGGsupporter

Hot Springs, Arkansas
He is the most famous or infamous current resident of the city. His status is not that merely of a sexual offender but the most prolific rapist in the history of the world. Your points would be well taken if they were in reference to any run of the mill sexual offender but this is about the most famous in history who shaped the sexual offender registry laws of most states. If you ask people (especially those 60 or older) across america whether they recognize the pillowcase rapist or Byrum Hurst who is listed on this page I can assure you that 99 to 1 the answer will be the Pillow Case Rapist. For these reasons the listing is proper.

I just made (by your own count) the FOURTH removal of the sentence on Reginald Muldrew, the "Pillow Case Rapist", from this article. It is NOT vandalism; it is because, as I said in the comments, "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, NOT a sex-offender registry".

Inserting the contents of state sex-offender registries into articles on the towns where the sex offenders live would not only overwhelm virtually every such article in Wikipedia; it would also over-publicize every sex offender to the point that the courts might be tempted to declare the Wetterling Act, and the state Megan's Laws it requires, unconstitutional. There's a reason why governments themselves host sex-offender registry websites: Not only are the registries subject to change, but their use should be limited to a "need to know" for local protection (to avoid the fates of their namesakes Jacob Wetterling and Megan Kanka), NOT for retaliation or harassment, so they're hosted on special government-monitored websites with legal disclaimers to put revenge-seekers on notice. Those with a "need to know" should visit the Justice Department's site www.nsopr.gov, which searches the sex-offender registries of all 50 states, D.C., Guam & Puerto Rico, or their state's registry.

Though his name certainly should be in the Arkansas sex-offender registry (I assume he's there; I haven't confirmed it), and his current home might even be appropriate for an article on Muldrew himself, it is NOT sufficiently notable for the article ON that hometown--especially if it's a small metropolis (name city of an OMB metropolitan statistical area, see Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas) with numerous other more notable current and former residents, including a former President (Bill Clinton--I'm from Arkansas, so PLEASE no Monica jokes) who grew up there. --RBBrittain (talk) 16:03, 2 February 2008 (UTC)