[WikiEN-l] "Corporate Representatives for Ethical Wikipedia Engagement"

[Ken Arromdee]

On Wed, 4 Apr 2012, George Herbert wrote:
> BLP is a good idea and we got it for good reasons.  These recent developments, however, forget that we are *an encyclopedia*. It's into barking mad territory.
>
> No. We will not go to removing bios on demand on my watch.

I would suggest as a modest proposal that we do away with "Wikipedia is an
encyclopedia".  I've already suggested that we do away with the IAR
clause "to improve the encyclopedia".

"Wikipedia is an encyclopedia" constantly gets misinterpreted to mean "we
may never allow other concerns to take precedence over being
encyclopediac".  This is wrong.