[WikiEN-l] Re: Arbitration Committee members granted checkuser tool
Fred Bauder
fredbaud at ctelco.net
Tue Nov 15 00:59:33 UTC 2005
That people may risk death for the sake of knowledge should at least
be honored by their being considered to be part of reality.
Fred
On Nov 14, 2005, at 1:36 PM, Carbonite wrote:
> I think perhaps we're getting a little melodramatic here. I was
> under the
> impression that we're here to write an encyclopedia, not fight
> oppression.
> If the former happens to lead to the latter, that's a great bonus.
> My point
> was that it's up to the user to protect himself. If a slip of an IP
> address
> will likely lead to harsh punishment, the risk of editing is almost
> certainly too high. I'm NOT saying that we should be careless and
> expose IP
> addresses, but to treat this as a matter of life and death is
> unnecessary
> rhetoric.
> Carbonite
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