[WikiEN-l] Suppression of links to 'attack sites'?

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

Linking to Wikipedia Review is obviously relevant in an article on Daniel
Brandt (does it still exist) or Wikipedia criticism. Much more use can't
exist for the article space, but if we're going to discuss Wikipedia review
for example to counter attacks on people, we should be able to link to it.

Anyway, wikipediareview is a very specific case and if we were to ban it, I
don't think we need new policy that could be abused and lead to the bans of
other sites. What constitutes an attack site is subjective depending on who
you ask.

Mgm


On 4/7/07, Denny Colt <wikidenny at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/7/07, Daniel R. Tobias <dan at tobias.name> wrote:
> >
> > Recently, [[User:DennyColt]] has created an essay article,
> > [[WP:BADSITES]], that advocates banning all links to sites that are
> > considered to be "attack sites". <snip>
>
>
> Whatever microscopic benefit  can be (argued by some) to be gained by
> linking to a hate site like Wikipedia Review is immediately outweighed by
> the harm that place and similar pages create. They openly hunt for
> peoples'
> identaties. They have active Jayjg and slimvirgin hunting threads, and for
> others.
>
> Do you support that? How about harassment of others like mongo, and
> katefan,
> and phaedriel, and so on...?
>
> I have asked multiple people, can you think of a single GOOD reason to
> link
> to that site in particular, and got not one good answer, only strawmen
> arguments about censorship and mccarthyism.
>
> If you support inclusion of links to WR, shall we link to hivemind as
> well,
> and the encyclopedia dramatica wiki?
>
> --
> - Denny
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