[WikiEN-l] Self-sensorship, how far should it go?

[David Gerard]

On 29/07/07, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at waterwiki.info> wrote:
>From: James Farrar [mailto:james.farrar at gmail.com]
> >On 29/07/07, Oleg Alexandrov <mathbot at hemlock.knams.wikimedia.org> wrote:

> >> As we know, Slashdot posted a story linking to a paranoic article
> >> revealing SlimVirgin's real name and claiming she is a secret
> >> agent. Bad and dumb on their part. That of course makes
> >> SlimVirgin feel distressed, creates a lot of damage, etc.

> >And therefore, in order "to support productive editors and protect
> >them from harassment both on and off Wikipedia", it is necessary that
> >all links to Slashdot be expunged from Wikipedia immediately, right?

> No, we don't take such foolish suggestions seriously.


Some have been sending in such revs for oversighting, but have been
told quite clearly this isn't covered by the oversight policy.


- d.