On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:03:24 +0100, "James Farrar" james.farrar@gmail.com wrote:
I don't see any arguments against the banning of linking to web *pages* that contain personal attacks, etc., on Wikipedia users. What I see are arguments against the banning of links to entire web *sites* that happen to contain some such pages. I also haven't seen any justification for such a ban.
And indeed we have no such ban. But Wikipedia Review contains virtually nothing *but* such attacks, and incidentally is a forum so any innocuous thread can rapidly be hijacked. Linking to WR is inappropriate in every circumstance raised thus far.
Simple enough, really.
If Wikiabuse contained a thoughtful critique of a notable event in Wikipedia's history, it might well be justifiable as a link, because there is at least some effort to keep it sane and resist "outing".
But not WR. No thanks.
Guy (JzG)