Jimmy Wales wrote:
Ray Saintonge wrote:
Even those of us who condemn the excesses of capitalism can recognize that certain commercial enterprises play an important social and cultural role in their respective communities. If one were to extrapolate Rick's argument that the mention of the pizza restaurants constitutes advertising, then we should also delete the Disneyland article because it is effectively advertising for the theme park. Imagine the arguments if someone tried to delete that article.
Outside of one person who screamed at us in all caps and got booted from the mailing list for it, I'm not sure that there's really a lot of tension between "those who condemn the excesses of capitalism" and "those who praise the freedom of the marketplace" (or whatever we might call each side) _on this issue_.
Hmmm. My point was more to the effect that there are many issues that transcend the traditional left/right spectrum. Whatever a person's political beliefs, if he happens to spend enough time visiting New Haven to promote his views, he will sooner or later need to find something to eat.
I'd say that the real tension in this area might come from people with a slightly different 'stylistic vision' of what sort of information goes into an encyclopedia.
One of the great things about life in the Wiki lane is that there are things about which left and right can find agreement.
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