censoring names to non-logged-in people would keep information more public.
Zoe zoecomnena@yahoo.com wrote: --- Jimmy Wales wrote:
H. Jonat wrote me a nice letter, expressing concern that when her name is searched for at google, the bulk of what is found is wikipedia talk pages and wikipedia mailing list postings that are sharply critical of her. She resents the accusation that she is 'right wing' and in any event doesn't like this turn of events.
Now, some might say, well, if you don't want your name to be associated on the Internet with various things, then don't write in thus-and-such a way, and they'd be right of course.
But since Helga requested nicely that perhaps we could do something about this, I am thinking that perhaps we could refactor some pages.
This part is important: I presume, and I asked her, that if we did this, she would agree to simply part company with us peacefully. ALSO IMPORTANT: She did not threaten to stay if we don't do this, she did not make this as a tit-for-tat offer or request, she did not make any kind of legalistic or other threat.
It sounds to me like she may regret ever getting mixed up with wikipedia, and would like to simply go away. It would be helpful to this process if we refactored some pages.
Thoughts?
Wikipedia holds no grudges, of course, and if people who have been controversial wish to end things peacefully, then that's great as far as I am concerned.
--Jimbo
I really think that the mailing list pages should be blocked from search engines.
Zoe
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