Will Beback wrote:
I can't speak for others, but that's not a fair summary of my position. I think that removing material is a standard part of editing. I think that the project has been improved by removing all kinds of material. I think that links to self-published sites actively harassing Wikipedia editors are not reliable sources and should be removed just as we remove other unreliable sources. Doing so makes for optimal encyclopedia content.
Will, if your idea of optimal encyclopedic content shifts depends on whether somebody is being mean to you or your friends, then your definition is based on your point of view. Ergo, your proposal violates NPOV.
If you want to keep NPOV, you could try plumping for the removal of links to all mean people. Or better, all people perceived as mean by someone.
That would have a bonus: there would be a lot fewer articles to try to keep up.
William