Phil Sandifer wrote:
On Jun 11, 2006, at 4:44 PM, Oskar Sigvardsson wrote:
1)We delete the article. Pros of 1)
- Daniel Brandt might stop being an ass.
Well, I was suggesting we confirm that he'd stop before we did it, to clarify.
I for one would love to see the magic peanut which would guarantee that his promises would stick.
Given his current _modus operandi_, why ever would you believe him if he said that he would stop?
How ever would you confirm likewise that nobody would seek to emulate him? How would you check that he was not passing on his information, sources and methods to some other nut-job who would turn out ten times as pernicious? Can you imagine an organisation with already-proven willingness to kill, like some of those anti-abortion activists you have in the USA? Would you like them to get the idea that they could "control the content of Wikipedia"?
HTH HAND