[WikiEN-l] Re: Arbitration Committee members granted checkuser tool

[Fred Bauder]

That people may risk death for the sake of knowledge should at least  
be honored by their being considered to be part of reality.

Fred

On Nov 14, 2005, at 1:36 PM, Carbonite wrote:

>  I think perhaps we're getting a little melodramatic here. I was  
> under the
> impression that we're here to write an encyclopedia, not fight  
> oppression.
> If the former happens to lead to the latter, that's a great bonus.  
> My point
> was that it's up to the user to protect himself. If a slip of an IP  
> address
> will likely lead to harsh punishment, the risk of editing is almost
> certainly too high. I'm NOT saying that we should be careless and  
> expose IP
> addresses, but to treat this as a matter of life and death is  
> unnecessary
> rhetoric.
>  Carbonite