"Alec Conroy" wrote

For convenience, I using the term BADSITES to the same basic principle:

No linking to sites that harass/attack/out. Removals not subject to 3RR. Violations lead to blocks or bans.

So far, this basic idea has been incarnated in several different places-- arbcom principles, WP:BADSITES, WP:NPA#EL. There are subtle distinctions between the various strains, but they're all the same basic species.

You realise, of course that WP:NPA#EL is disputed. Disputed is not policy - it is mostly non-policy. Policy that is disputed long enough falls off its perch. I don't know what is "long enough" for WP:NPA#EL to be recognized generally as the non-policy it is, but I presume this will come about one day when the AC case is closed. (AC principles are also not policy. Using them to overstate a case is particularly smart. The fact that the AC would probably rubberstamp many applications of BADSITES in practice has not very much to do with approval of the policy, and a great deal to do with existing policies such as WP:HARASS and WP:RS.)

So, I think the more divisive voices have just got it wrong, mostly. The subject here betrays that this is in the "personalities not policies" bracket.

Charles

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