In this Foundation-l mailing list discussion from November 2009, Fred Bauder makes reference to a no paedophiles allowed policy formulated by ArbCom:Can anyone provide a link, or is this misdirection?

Well, at least it demonstrates that the presence of pedophilia activists on-wiki was a known problem of sufficient magnitude to require a special action by ArbCom.

And since their solution seems to have vanished down the memory hole, it's probably safe to say their solution was largely ineffective.

I vaguely recollect the "policy' Fred talks about; if I recall correctly it was not because of any real concern over pedophiles, but instead because of concerns regarding the possibility of Wikipedians being harassed by people at PervertedJustice. If anything, that policy served to protect pedophiles at Wikipedia.

Iatrogenic Remedies


Oh great. The policy was not only ineffective, it was counter-productive.

Known and only addressed by user generated content but not real policy. It is as if the WMF board cared no more about this than a dispute over two contending DOBs in a 16th century biography. None of our affair...let them sort it out.

It could have been this, which fits with your recollection:
In September 2006, User:Rookiee was blocked for advocacy of paedophilia and using revolyob as their signature (that's "boylover" backwards). In the resulting discussion at AN/I, Fred Bauder seemed resistant to blocking paedophiles for being paedophiles:
In December 2007, he states on the WikiEN-l mailing list that there is a policy against paedophilia advocacy, yet does not specifically mention self-identification.
While I didn't set out to do this, I'm going to abuse this thread to note past proclamations of or hints at this policy, so that they can more easily be found by anyone who might have an interest in reviewing the history.