On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Larry Sanger sanger-lists@citizendium.org wrote:
It certainly has changed since I wrote it.
It looks as if you're trying to imply Wikipedia is not devoted to free speech, even in discussions about the community--even in discussions about the roles and public behavior of the most prominent representative of the community. Perhaps you need to rethink what you're trying to say, David.
No, he's exactly right. Wikipedia is not, and it has never been a free speech zone. It has never been a goal of the project to provide people a platform for people to say whatever they want. Wikipedia is absolutely not "devoted to free speech".
See, we're an *encyclopedia*, not a public forum. We may let anyone edit, but we're always going to be first and foremost an encyclopedia. Everything else is second to that.
If you want free speech, use your blog. You can say whatever you want there.
--Oskar