Larry Sanger wrote:
All,
Earlier today, I had no joy in trying to post this "open letter to Jimmy Wales" on Jimmy's own user talk page: the man himself deleted it. That is not the sort of behavior I would have expected of the head of an allegedly open, transparent community devoted to free speech.
Free speech? That's a novel idea. We frequently tell recalcitrant editors that the First Amendment does not apply on Wikipedia, and many of our policies, e.g. [[WP:SOAPBOX]], [[WP:TRUTH]], [[WP:NOR]] are inimical to free speech. However, this is beginning to bore the hell out of me as being not far off Jorge Luis' Borges description of the [[Falkands War]]. I suspect I'm not alone. Whinge as much as you like on your own blog, go to the media if you like, but I am dangerously close to issuing several entirely policy-related blocks. Permanent ones. PS Please wish me a Happy Birthday.