Dear slayzex,

you have added the term “vata-burning man” to your user profile which I consider to be hate speech. By adding “je suis ququruzka” you’re even going one further and styling those who use hate speech as victims. I will block your account until you remove it from your profile. Please get in touch once you have done this. If you re-add it again later, or if you add other forms of hate speech hoping for plausible deniability, we will block your account forever.

Listen, I do get it that there’s hatred for Russians among Ukrainians. And I am not saying your country should simply turn the other cheek when treated unfairly. By all means, take to the streets, protest, fight for your rights - but if you start celebrating the burning of other human beings with your words, then you’re crossing a line and we have no choice but to remove you from OSM.

Please explain that to others who mistakenly believe that they can further a just cause by plastering their profiles with this phrase.

Thank you
Frederik Ramm
OSMF Data Working Group