-----Original Message----- From: Oleg Alexandrov [mailto:mathbot@hemlock.knams.wikimedia.org] Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 06:59 PM To: 'English Wikipedia' Subject: [WikiEN-l] Self-sensorship, how far should it go? As we know, Slashdot posted a story linking to a paranoic article revealing SlimVirgin's real name and claiming she is a secret agent. Bad and dumb on their part. That of course makes SlimVirgin feel distressed, creates a lot of damage, etc. However, how far should Wikipedians go to "protect" the feelings of their editors? As of now, any attempts (and they were many) to mention anything about this anywhere on Wikipedia is reverted on sight. Any post with the words "SlimVirgin news" is just deleted. I beleive this is going overboard. The damage is done. Shutting our eyes and ears, pretending "All is well in Wiki-land", and ruthless self-censoring is just further damaging Wikipedia's reputation. Comments? Oleg Alexandrov _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l