On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Jimmy Wales wrote:
This seems better suited to a /Talk page?
I agree. But since Erik Moeller has made misleading claims about me on this mailing list, could I please be allowed to correct them? Most people here won't bother to look at the Talk page in question, and I don't want them thinking that I am responsible for an edit war.
Oliver,
it is correct that you did not insert the quote in the actual article, although it was my understanding that you intended to do so if there were no objections against your latest proposal (otherwise, why did you make it?). My problem here is that you and Tom are sending mixed messages to new contributors that do not at all help them to understand our established policy of adding only verifiable, relevant facts to articles. In that way, you are also responsible if Arno now (possibly repeatedly) violates that policy and others have to fix it.
It would help a lot if you could put a clear and non-ambiguous note on the Talk page stating that you do not want the quote to be part of the article, and that Arno should abstain from adding it. That's all I'm asking for.
Regards,
Erik