[WikiEN-l] Harassment sites

[joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu]

Oh hell no. We aren't modifying articles simply to make people happy. That way
lies madness. We conform to NPOV. Period.

Quoting fredbaud at waterwiki.info:

> As an alternative to redirecting [[Michael Moore]] to [[clown]] we 
> might consider modifying the article and placing a notice at the top 
> of the article that at the demand of Michael Moore certain changes 
> have been made in the article.
>
> We could have a policy about that. When threatened or harassed we 
> could conform the article to the demands made, but place a notice on 
> it regarding the changes made.
>
> Fred
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com 
> [mailto:charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 03:30 PM
> To: 'English Wikipedia'
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Harassment sites
>
> "David Gerard" wrote
>
>> On 15/10/2007, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On 15/10/2007, fredbaud at waterwiki.info <fredbaud at waterwiki.info> wrote:
>>
>> > > The encyclopedia is the work of the community, its creation. 
>> Thus the encyclopedia is dependent on the viability and integrity of 
>> the community.
>>
>> > Yes, but if it comes down to one or the other ... then what?
>>
>>
>> And let me say that I consider removing the michaelmoore.com link from
>> [[Michael Moore]] to obviously constitute damage to the encyclopedia,
>> and if the community comes up with a rule that makes that a good idea
>> then the community is *wrong* and the rule needs removal. That's NPA
>> vs NPOV, i.e. the BADSITES arbitration.
>
> That's the basis, not of having a rule, but a diplomatic procedure. 
> "You force our hand here, it's a lose-lose situation. Let's talk 
> about this." And go on to explain that we can shrug off 
> point-scoring, but we have internal ways of dealing with issues and 
> feel that it would be bad not only for us if outside pressures played 
> a part in those.
>
> Charles
>
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