[WikiEN-l] Arbcom has completely lost its mind

[Delirium]

Sam Korn wrote:

>>There's something sad about a situation where PR becomes the driving
>>force behind what we do.  It's equally disturbing when a bunch of
>>hypocrites loudly shout "IANAL", and then proceed in an attempt to
>>enforce the law that they don't know anything about.
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>The good of the project is the driving force.  Of course PR has an effect.
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This depends on what you define as contributing to "the good of the 
project".  I would define it as something like contributing to the 
ability to write a high-quality Free encyclopedia.  In that case, it's 
unclear to what extent policing what sort of people contribute, and who 
they may say they are, is a positive.  It's conceivable that we could 
lose some good contributors who refuse to contribute to a project that 
has neo-Nazi contributors (or Satanist contributors, or Stalinist 
contributors), but it's also conceivable that we could lose some good 
contributors who refuse to contribute to a project that has that sort of 
vetting (or even themselves run afoul of it).

My personal opinion, as is probably obvious, is that it does the project 
no good to wade into the morrass of trying to determine which opinions 
are "across the line" and which are "offensive to me personally but not 
bannable".

-Mark