Translations:Wikimedia Foundation elections/Board elections/2015/Questions/2/236/en

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I've always believed that the power of Wikimedia allowed us to leave "worldly" problems at the door so we can work together without any sort of hitch, but it turns out that this may be a bit misguided. It is exceedingly difficult to ensure that people remain civil if you know that you can't agree with them. This happened with the Acehnese Wikipedia Muhammad images controversy, the Croatian Wikipedia controversy, the general hostility of people on our projects, and so on, and so forth. If it means having to bring in the force of the law to make sure that our communities stay harmonious, then it's a solution that should be implemented, but only as a last resort. After all, we should uphold our tradition of working out our problems first before bringing in the big guns.