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

[jayjg]

On 8/1/07, John Lee <johnleemk at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

I don't see anyone making such demands, though.

>
> > 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.

I've looked at David's post; that's not what he said.