On Sep 19, 2007, at 5:09 AM, wikien-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
In the case of MichaelMoore.com I think it was righteous to remove our link to them WHILE they had on their main page a link to edit a Wikipedia user's page. However, the most productive response was to contact them and educate them regarding the inappropriateness of the link. Designating the site permanently as an attack site was inappropriate (although they certainly function in that way with respect to our conservative brethren).
LOL. I didn't realize that the idea of "attack sites" could be extended to refer to anyone who attacks ANYONE. I hereby propose a ban on all mentions of:
* Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein (because they attacked Richard Nixon)
* George W. Bush (because he attacked Iraq)
* The NAACP (because it attacks racism)
* Heart attacks (because they attack hearts)
* Thumbtacks (because they attack thumbs, or at least sound like they do)
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On Sep 19, 2007, at 5:09 AM, wikien-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
In the case of MichaelMoore.com I think it was righteous to remove our link to them WHILE they had on their main page a link to edit a Wikipedia user's page. However, the most productive response was to contact them and educate them regarding the inappropriateness of the link. Designating the site permanently as an attack site was inappropriate (although they certainly function in that way with respect to our conservative brethren).
on 9/19/07 8:56 AM, Sheldon Rampton at sheldon@prwatch.org wrote:
LOL. I didn't realize that the idea of "attack sites" could be extended to refer to anyone who attacks ANYONE. I hereby propose a ban on all mentions of:
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein (because they attacked Richard Nixon)
George W. Bush (because he attacked Iraq)
The NAACP (because it attacks racism)
Heart attacks (because they attack hearts)
Thumbtacks (because they attack thumbs, or at least sound like they
do)
:-)
And, please, one more: Snacks (because they attack me).
Marc