jayjg wrote:
Somebody asserted that it could be beneficial to Wikipedia to link to sites like WR. I challenged that person to provide concrete examples of how. Soon afterwards hysterical rhetoric ensued[...]
Ok. I listed four classes of activity, and tried to do it calmly. I hope you find that informative.
I've also trimmed the parts of your post here that seemed inflammatory to me. If you are trying to decrease the hysteria, you might consider doing something similar when replying more in this thread.
And further, that you can't point me at the proposed policy change that those other people, whomever they are, are advocating?
You'll have to leave that to the people defending to the death your civil rights, [...]
I've asked them. They've made some polite and reasonable guesses. I was hoping to have it from the advocates, though.
Since you were just trying to have a discussion and apparently aren't advocating anything, are you done now? It seems like there has been plenty of discussion on this topic, and if you aren't enjoying it, perhaps letting it go until people are less worked up would be better.
Thanks,
William