On 20/10/2007, Steve Summit scs@eskimo.com wrote:
Durova wrote:
Here's one possible way to implement this that wouldn't relate to the NPOV policy: don't remove links, simply deactivate them. The same information remains for anyone who wants to cut and paste the URL into a browser manually.
This is a nice-sounding compromise, but it strikes me as pretty silly. It doesn't stop anyone who wants to visit the verboten page; it merely annoys them, to no purpose. It cements the notion that banning the link is punitive, not protective.
We do it for shock sites, and antisocialmedia.net is odious enough to deserve not being linked.
- d.