[WikiEN-l] That whole WP:BADSITES controversy...

[Daniel R. Tobias]

And, to continue on my train of thought from the last message, it's a 
real shame that the main critical sites are like that; I genuinely see a 
lot of good in the idea of an independent, critical-minded site that 
keeps watch on Wikipedia, holds it up to criticism where warranted and 
ridicule when it deserves it, and makes constructive commentary about 
what its problems are and how they might be solved.  There's even a 
place for forums on which people banned from Wikipedia can have their 
say and explain why they think their ban was unjust.  And it's good that 
there are places to talk about Wikipedia that aren't controlled by the 
same people who run Wikipedia itself, so that those in power aren't able 
to completely remove all checks and balances on the exertion of that 
power, by suppressing criticism whenever it hits close to home.

It's just too bad that the places where this sort of thing can take 
place end up getting dominated by unconstructive criticism along the 
lines of "Wikipedia is evil and must be destroyed!" (an actual thread 
subject on WR recently).

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