Cormac Lawler wrote:
Dan, I think if you actually *read* the policy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Office_Actions you'll see that it's nothing like the secretive, corporate, anti-Wikipedia, anti-community type of thing you suggest. It says on the page that it is a "temporary action to allow us to be kind while we sort out the encyclopedic way forward". Community consensus won't tell us when we're in danger of being sued - that's more likely to be ascertained by the person who's just received the angry email/phonecall - but community consensus will, as always, be what actually writes the balanced article in the end.
N'est pas?
Very well put.