 | This is an essay on the Wikipedia:Disruptive editing guideline. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints. |
 | This page in a nutshell: It is well within the scope of the disruptive editing policy to block editors for hate speech, hateful conduct, or aligning themselves with hate movements. |
A question arises from time to time on the English Wikipedia: Can we sanction an editor simply for expressing hateful views? A common refrain is that there is no policy against expressing such views.
This is incorrect. Expressing hateful views is a form of disruptive editing. So is acting in a hateful manner, including by aligning oneself with a hate movement.
The essays WP:NONAZIS and WP:NORACISTS discuss this, but both make their conclusions sound more radical than they are. There is nothing radical about blocking, topic-banning, site-banning, or removing user rights from disruptive editors. We do it all the time. An editor does not even need to be participating in bad faith to be sanctioned for disruption.