"Thatcher131 Wikipedia" wrote

The position I have tried to argue on this issue is that going to SlimVirgin's talk page or some other talk or project page to post, "See, even Slate thinks you are a spy" would be actionable harassment that should be removed, but that this should have no effect on the use of Slate as a reference in any article where it is appropriate.

I agree with that. No question, WP:HARASS and WP:RS give an extensive coverage of cases where gratuitous links can be removed

However, I disagree with Fred that the "remove every mention of a site that contains an attack even from articles" is a strawman. I believe that argument has been made in connection with several sites, on the basis of, "as a top ten site we should not reward bad people with links." Perhaps it was made in bad faith by provacateurs, but I believe it has been made.

Well, the issue here is perhaps not what policy is, but whether John Lee is pursuing advocates of BADSITES with the intention of beating them over the head with a corn dolly. The business about "rewarding" is a classic pedia/media confusion. Wikipedia adds to articles only those links that serve the encyclopedia purpose.

Charles

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