--- Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
There's a very big difference between Ogrish and The Memory Hole.
I'm not suggesting that Ogrish be considered equivalent to Memory Hole on a reliability continuum. It is rather odd, however, that somebody rather high up in the Wiki chain of command removed a link to MH using reasoning similar to that used to remove the Ogrish link.
Ogrish is designed to shock. It includes official blog postings signed with "Murder & Mayhem", and unofficial commentary in the forum that makes it very clear that for most people using the site, their motivation comes from a fascination with death and gore.
Take, for example, that Ogrish will accept anything. If you go here: http://www.ogrish.com/submit.html Youll see that you must submit and describe the content for Ogrish to review.
Yes, it caters to a particular type of content. That, however, is not a criticism made of business or medical journals, so why here? The Wall Street Journal is considered an expert on business issues, yet it comes with a significant ideological bias that can bias even basic financial reporting. Why not consider Ogrish an expert on gore? It's reasonable to say they have developed a knowledge of what is and is not real when it comes to gore submissions that Wikipedia and most other news/information sources can not claim.
~~Pro-Lick http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Halliburton_Shill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pro-Lick http://www.wikiality.com/User:Pro-Lick (now a Wikia supported site)
--spam may follow--
__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com