William Pietri wrote

Sorry for the confusion. When I say "BADSITES" I am referring to any proposed or actual policy that we not link to certain sites because there are things on them that some people don't like. I'm glad to use another name if you'd like to suggest one.

No, please respect the convention that if you write BADSITES you are talking about WP:BADSITES. I don't know why you think it is helpful to make this refer to something so general as you describe. I think if you want to talk about hypotheticals on external linking policy, and especially since you want to float the idea that some "people" want a veto on external links, you owe to the discussion to be much clearer.

Let me be clear: I believe the policy that you are proposing, although well meant, prevents good discussions of the sort that are Wikpedia's foundation.

enWP's "foundation", as laid down in 2001, had a striking bit about meta-discussions belonging on the mailing list. Not, be it noted, on the site. Much less drama, then. But it is still a good idea.

Charles

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