On 14/10/2007, Will Beback will.beback.1@gmail.com wrote:
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 would still see michaelmoore.com removed from [[Michael Moore]], so fails the giggle test.
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