On 7/3/07, Slim Virgin slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote> On 7/2/07, The Mangoe the.mangoe@gmail.com wrote:
What we're talking about is very simple. We have a bunch of people who volunteer their time because Wikipedia's a cause they believe in. That's not a bad thing to do. Therefore, don't make their time here an abject misery. Criticize them by all means. But recognize the line between fair comment and hurtful attacks that humiliate them. And don't do anything on Wikipedia that could put them in harm's way in real life.
For me, it's a no brainer that that includes not linking to websites that *make a habit* of humiliating their targets. It's very sad that a simple attempt to be decent triggered so much baiting and an unkind breaching experiment.
So, www.howardstern.com is out? Or is that only when the target is a Wikipedian? What if Rosie O'Donnell (who is regularly attacked and humiliated by Stern) creates an account? Hmm, maybe that should be limited to not linking to sites that make a habit of humiliating members of the Wikipedia inner circles? Wait, no, there are no Wikipedia inner circles... Hmm....