On 5/30/07, Slim Virgin slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
The problem with that, Joe, is that some members of the "community" who've been particularly vocal on the linking issue are regular posters to Wikipedia Review. Mango, for example, posts as Papaya. Should the people who keep these sites going be the ones to decide our policy on linking to them?
From a simple COI/common sense perspective, who gets to decide, then? You're
hardly a neutral party yourself (no offense). From the currently-an-outsider perspective, I'm fairly neutral, and am with David and others: common sense good, guillotine bad.
Who should decide, do you think, on something like this, if not the wider community? I
'm curious to hear what you honestly feel on that (and anyone else--chime in). Do some people get more weight or value to their voices? I do sympathize with the shit you take on there, and ditto for anyone else. People get angry, and have what they perceive as a beef, and vocalize it in both negative and at times positive ways. The problem is this has become a political issue now, no matter how people paint it. It's not about outing, or attacks, it's become an us vs. them mentality on both sides of the wall.
Regards, Joe http://www.joeszilagyi.com