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@ntlworld.com [mailto:charles.r.matthews@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@gmail.com wrote:
On 15/10/2007, fredbaud@waterwiki.info fredbaud@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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