Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Lou franklin/Workshop

General comment from an uninvolved party
I was unaware of this issue, and indeed of Lou Franklin, until I happened accross this diatribe on Linuxbeak's talk page (that page is on my watchlist and I was intreaged by the edit summary of "Wikipedia being used to disseminate propaganda"). Having read that I read Lou's talk page and then this arbitration (I have not read the article).

The remedies (that he be banned from editing the article; placed on personal attack and revert paroles; and is mentored) seems to be exactly what the parties in this case (other than Lou) believe would resolve this problem and allow a good article to result. As to how long it should last, I think that it should remain in force until Lou can show he understands and respects consensus and NPOV, that he can work with others to arrive at both. If mentorship is implemented by the arbcom then I feel that the mentors will be the best placed to judge when this is. I beleive that setting a specific time limit will be significantly less likely to lead to Lou working to understand the issues involved.

I do not beleive that any of this should be an issue, but for the record I am a hetrosexual male with liberal views (in UK terms - I beleive that "liberal" can mean something different in the USA?). Thryduulf 18:04, 19 March 2006 (UTC)