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(person) (is || is not) (status), where status is an abstract concept with a non-trivial definition, is fundamentally a statement of an idea, even though a person is the subject of the sentence. Or, if you like, the proposition could be phrased as a proof: ""Wikipedians follow all five pillars; Malleus does not follow pillar 4; therefore, Malleus is not a Wikipedian"". Contrast that to calling another editor a ""Dishonest fuck""; even if we granted for the sake of argument that the first statement could be deduced (accuracy or inaccuracy can; dishonesty implies motive to deceive, and I have yet to see that proven), the latter is gratuitous insult.   "