[WikiEN-l] Harassment sites

[Will Beback]

Will Beback wrote:
> fredbaud at waterwiki.info wrote:
> I'm just making the situation clear. It turned out that the best alternative with Michael Moore was talking to him. (or with whoever was running his site). I think in all cases we need to be thoughtful about what we do, not apply some cookiecutter policy. Part of being thoughtful is gaging our own sentiment.  Sometimes you just have to accept foolishness and get on with things. We are not always consistent. And for good reason.
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> Fred
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>     This, and Fred's earlier spiderweb parable, bring up an important
>     point in Wikipedia policy making. Wikipedia policies are
>     inherently flexible. We don't need to craft rules that will work
>     100% of the time or be perfectly fair in every conceivable
>     situation. We can settle for writing policies and guidelines that
>     do more good than harm and that work without modification most of
>     the time. Special situations can be handled specially.
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>     Regarding dealing with the problems that come up, good policies
>     help reasonable people find the best solutions. Not cookie
>     cutters, but roadmaps. I'd expect that a helpful policy on linking
>     to external harassment should include dispute resolution steps,
>     such as having a relatively uninvolved person contact the
>     harassing website. If our policy had been more helpful then
>     perhaps some of the dramas we've seen wouldn't have risen beyond
>     brief AN/I postings.
>
>     Will Beback
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