[WikiEN-l] BADSITES ArbCom case about to close

[David Gerard]

On 17/10/2007, Thatcher131 Wikipedia <thatcher131 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/17/07, John Lee <johnleemk at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Hyperlinking a personal attack is tantamount to a personal attack now? I
> > guess we should lock up everyone who gathers evidence of personal attacks
> > for evidence pages, since they've been linking to these by the shitload.

> I know Halloween is right around the corner, but we really don't need
> any straw men is this discussion.  Let's stick to discussion of links
> to external sites that harass, expose and intimidate editors.


The reality of this situation is that many "straw man" notions have in
fact come true. There appears to be no limit to the reach of the
undead BADSITES notion.


> (Although you might be interested to know that the user page policy
> does now prohibt "Material that can be construed as attacking other
> editors, including the recording of perceived flaws. An exception is
> made for evidence compiled within a reasonable time frame to prepare
> for a dispute resolution process."  In other words, evidence is ok as
> long as you actually intend to file a case, but nursing grudges is
> verboten, because it can indeed constitute harassment of other
> editors.)


See, that's something like sensible.


- d.