On 13/07/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net> wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:56:44 -0700 (PDT), Ken
Arromdee
<arromdee(a)rahul.net> wrote:
>They are comparable *in the way described*, which
is that anyone can add
>anything to them, and what is added could potentially hurt someone.
See above: the comparison is invalid because the base
premise of WR is
to encourage harassment, attacks, privacy violation and outing,
whereas the base premise of wikien-l is to support the work of
building an encyclopaedia.
No, no. The base premise of WR is to intelligently criticise
Wikipedia. However, its actual *behaviour* is to encourage harassment,
attacks, privacy violations and outing. And the base premise of
Encyclopedia Dramatica is to fuck shit up in the pursuit of lulz,
hence a blanket ban being a distinct plus for writing an encyclopedia.
- d.