David Gerard wrote:
I'd assume that a body corporate like the BBC would have its own range of IP adddresses. If they will hold us to ransom, we could quite easily block their entire IP range from editing, consequences be damned; better yet, encourage people (read: slashdot users) to DDoS BBC until they cease and desist. Remember, it's our site, we make the rules.
Y'know, diplomacy does have a lot going for it as a first option.
Indeed. And I worked at the BBC with Angela for 2 weeks last fall and met and spoke to a total number of people in the hundreds. I think it is safe to say of the BBC as an organization that they know about Wikipedia, they love Wikipedia, and they aren't the sort of idiots who would try a viral marketing campaign relying on Wikipedia.
Bright people, and friendly. Like Wikipedians. :-)
--Jimbo