Jayjg wrote:
On 7/2/07, Steve Summit scs@eskimo.com wrote:
It's about trying to get BADSITES resurrected, under the guise of the "attack sites" section within WP:NPA, using MONGO as a precedent.
No, Steve, we're not doing "A WITCH, A WITCH" commentary any more. We're moving on to sensible discussion.
I'm sorry my statement might have sounded to some like the ravings of a paranoid conspiracy theorist, and I almost said so in advance. But in all seriousness: what is the difference between BADSITES and
...Linking to attack sites is not permitted and doing so repeatedly may result in a block.
The ArbCom has ruled that "[a] website that engages in the practice of publishing private information concerning the identities of Wikipedia participants will be regarded as an attack site whose pages should not be linked to from Wikipedia pages under any circumstances," and that "[l]inks to attack sites may be removed by any user; such removals are exempt from 3RR. Deliberately linking to an attack site may be grounds for blocking."
(That's from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia: No_personal_attacks&oldid=133377921, from May 25.)