-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David Gerard wrote: Most definitely. The concern with Diebold is that they were editing in a manner that showed an obvious conflict of interest. While a block isn't really going to do anything to stop this in the future--the IP has been inactive for months, and after all of this, Diebold will probably block all its employees from Wikipedia--yet it gives the impression that we're doing something about it :) As you said, they'll be watching like hawks--and it's our credibility, moreso than Diebold's reputation, that is on the line (at least from where I'm sitting). A block shows that we are watching out for our 'pedia and that we don't condone such actions taken by corporations. (You've gotta keep in mind that a lot of people in the press haven't wrapped their head around this whole anybody-can-edit mentality, and assume that if Diebold is editing articles about itself, it's because we explicitly allowed them to do so.) - -- Daniel Cannon (AmiDaniel) http://amidaniel.com cannon.danielc(a)gmail.com

On 8/16/07, Slowking Man <slowkingman(a)gmail.com> wrote: Depends on the recipient. In the case of Diebold, I think most Wikipedians are willing to look the other way.

On 8/16/07, George Herbert <george.herbert(a)gmail.com> wrote: I've continued to review. Daniel, my opinion is that if they appealed this to unblock-en-l or the OTRS unblock queue they would speedily be unblocked by one of us. Unless someone else thinks otherwise, I strongly urge unblocking them 8-) -- -george william herbert george.herbert(a)gmail.com

On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 12:28 -0400, Anthony wrote: So we're now blocking people based upon our opinions of them? -- Slowking Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Slowking_Man)

On 8/16/07, Anthony <wikimail(a)inbox.org> wrote: By the way, my statement wasn't that Diebold was blocked because of who they are, it was that most Wikipedians generally are going to look the other way because of who they are. 'Course, now that the block has become so widely known, all bets are off.

On 8/17/07, Daniel Cannon <cannon.danielc(a)gmail.com> wrote: If there is no wheel war about it, no matter how much hot air is blown, by definition it is not a big deal. :p Johnleemk