John Lee wrote:
On 7/9/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 17:45:11 +0800, "John Lee" wrote:
That debate has been had in respect of this site, some time ago. It
is settled. WR is not a reliable source, the marginal utility it has in documenting some minor facets of self-referential issues is more than outweighed by the problems of harassment and outing. It may not have been dickery to start the discussion, but to perpetuate it this long certainly looks like it.
Look, it's very obvious to all of us on the list that WR isn't a reliable source. What we're saying is that it isn't to others, and that threatening them with blocking isn't any greater an idea than threatening someone who cites Joe Bloggs' blog as a source with a block.
Yes. The debate isn't about the site; it's about taking a pragmatic approach in dealing with it.
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