I've made a fresh proposal intended to get around the stalemate of previous arguments over "BADSITES" and other proposals.
It is limited to self-published websites, i.e. blogs and forums. The idea is that people who engage in harassment of Wikipedia editors should not be used as reliable sources for articles because they have a conflict of interest with the project. They are attempting to force editors to change their behavior in an improper manner, and may be presumed to have an interest in changing Wikipedia's contents improperly as well. This proposal is inspired partly by the prohibition on allowing participation by people who are suing Wikipedia, which is also due to a conflict of interest problem. Similar text should be added to the WP:EL
This proposal would not affect the ''New Yorker'' and similar legitimate sources. It does not include an exemption for 3RR. It does not address linking outside of articles.
The proposal is currently being discussed at [[Wikipedia talk:Linking to external harassment#Harassment sites are unreliable]] as part of that proposed policy. I should note that that discussion is dominated by a few editors, and more input would be helpful.
Will Beback