[WikiEN-l] Self-sensorship, how far should it go?

[John Lee]

On 8/2/07, jayjg <jayjg99 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 8/1/07, John Lee <johnleemk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > If I knew nothing about SV and her Wikipedia history, I would at least
> > expect my n00b question of "SV, what's this on /. about you supposedly
> being
> > some sort of spy?" or my n00b statement of fact like "SV, there's this
> silly
> > thing on /. about you being a secret agent" to be responded to civilly,
> with
> > at least a brief explanation, rather than having them being removed from
> the
> > talk page without a trace,
>
> If Wikipedia Review started alleging you were a pedophile, do you
> imagine you respond civilly to questions of "John, what's all this
> about you being a pedophile"?


Well, I would certainly laugh it off as the usual bullshit stunts these
people pull. I would not demand that we salt the earth as if nobody ever
made such allegations.

> and people going around asking for revisions with
> > my question to be oversighted.
>
> Who asked for reversions to be oversighted? If I missed those posts, I
> apologize, but I don't recall seeing people ask for that.


David Gerard posted about being asked to do it. He told them to bugger off.

Johnleemk