On 5/31/07, Blu Aardvark jeffrey.latham@gmail.com wrote:
jayjg wrote:
I just called you bluff, that's all. You were hoping we would all just agree the discussion is about a new policy, which is the way you (and a few others) are trying to frame this. I reject your framing.
Bullshit. You're playing games over wording. You are correct in that there isn't a specific policy proposal, but there doesn't have to be - it is quite clear that this particular concept is being pushed and supported as if it were policy.
No, I'm just rejecting all attempts to frame this as something it isn't. It's been a veritable straw man army today, but I will not let even one pass. The second someone even starts to question what possible benefits accrue to Wikipedia from WR links, the BADSITES boogeyman is trotted out to scare everyone into quiet submission, as it was intended. A lot of mileage has been gotten from that straw man. Oh, and don't bother with the "but that's just a recent convenient argument" ploy either. Been there, done that, and I have the e-mails.