<DIV>Maybe names should somehow be censored in the mailing list archives... we could encrypt any word not in the dictionary.</DIV>
<DIV>--LittleDan<BR><BR><B><I>james duffy <jtdirl@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>>cprompt wrote<BR><BR>>Many organizations also restrict what parts of their website can be edited, <BR>>if any. They restrict access to their services to those without an account, <BR>>and they verify accounts. Personally though, I think some protection should <BR>>be offered against "ego surfing" where information on a person from the <BR>>list is indexed in Google. This can still be an open and transparent public <BR>>project with a fully searchable mailing list archive. I think that anyone <BR>>should be able to search the archive only after clicking an appropriate <BR>>link on Wikipedia.org.<BR>><BR>Here's a practical example. We have all being condemning Lir. That could <BR>rebound on Adam (I won't use his full name here so as not to provide another <BR>link to his name!) But how many of his 'names' on wiki are also the names of <BR>real people. For example, if there is someone called Vera Cruz, they might <BR>not be happy to find the following on google:<BR><BR>[WikiEN-l] vera cruz is a troll<BR>... WikiEN-l] vera cruz is a troll; ... |From: Oliver Pereira <BR><OMP199@ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>|X-ECS-MailScanner:<BR>Found to be clean |Sender: wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org |Reply ...<BR><BR>I have clashed with Fred Bauder, but Fred does not deserve to have the <BR>following on google, which comes via a different dispute he was involved in:<BR><BR>[WikiEN-l] [FB] and academic dishonesty<BR>[WikiEN-l] [FB] and academic dishonesty. Fred Bauder wikien-l@wikipedia.org<BR>Thu, 20 Mar 2003 18:08:18 -0700: Previous message ...<BR><BR>(I have removed Fred's name from the above so as not to create another link <BR>to that claim!)<BR><BR>These are just from a couple of quick google searches I did at random.<BR><BR>In view of this, I would suggest:<BR><BR>1. That the list NOT be available to check on google or any search engine.<BR>2. That users be discouraged from using their own name. If they don't have a <BR>nickname, initials or an unusual spelling of their name should be used.<BR>3. We should not use a person's in the title of any messages on the list.<BR><BR>JT<BR><BR>_________________________________________________________________<BR>Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. <BR>http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>WikiEN-l mailing list<BR>WikiEN-l@wikipedia.org<BR>http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l</BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr SIZE=1>
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