Will Beback wrote:
Have you offered a solution? Are the only two positions on this issue BADSITES or THICKSKIN? With the possible exceptions of a couple of editors, no one enjoys debating this matter, and a resolution that results in a consensus policy would be ideal. What elements do you think would be included in a good policy on links to external harassment?
I agree that more proposals would certainly be a good thing.
Could you say more about the needs you're trying to satisfy with your proposal? Exploring that might lead to some interesting solution.
For example from your proposed solution, I could imagine that it's intended punitively, satisfying a honest human desire for retribution against wrongdoers. Or I could imagine it's meant to reduce harassing behavior, by cowing people whose links we remove. Or I could imagine it is meant as a pure signal of support to editors harassed. Or quite a number of other things.
Regardless, if you could say more about what you'd look for in a solution, we can focus our energies on proposing things that would meet everybody's needs.
Thanks,
William