I am a little puzzled why we should link differently to site attacking
wikipedia than to sites attacking anything else, and why we should pay
more respect to the privacy of wikipedia people than we would pay to
anyone else.
Treating ourselves -- as individuals or as an organization -- as
something in special in articles violates NPOV, and COI, besides
providing a perfect target for our enemies. I actually believe in
those two principles. Those who would make exceptions for themselves
do not.
I am not supporting attacks on individuals--we shouldn't make them on
anyone. But how can we report political subjects -- and many other --
without referring to sites that primarily act to advance their cause
by attacking their opponents? this should apply to all subjects
equally, including ourself.
BLP is a good policy, and should apply to ourselves as individuals, in
talk as well as articles, in WP space as in mainspace. Avoiding libel
is a good policy, and should apply to everything, talk as well as
articles in WP space as in mainspace. To everything equally.
--
David Goodman, DGG