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David Gerard wrote:
I wouldn't bother with a block myself. They haven't edited as the IP in a while, so there's probably no imminent danger ... and you can bet people will be watching like hawks.
We may need to start stressing that we have no problem with people editing from the CIA, DIebold or the DNC ... what is problematic is a conflict of interest. A Diebold IP editing well is most welcome; a CIA IP fixing up Buffy The Vampire Slayer is fine.
Most definitely. The concern with Diebold is that they were editing in a manner that showed an obvious conflict of interest. While a block isn't really going to do anything to stop this in the future--the IP has been inactive for months, and after all of this, Diebold will probably block all its employees from Wikipedia--yet it gives the impression that we're doing something about it :) As you said, they'll be watching like hawks--and it's our credibility, moreso than Diebold's reputation, that is on the line (at least from where I'm sitting). A block shows that we are watching out for our 'pedia and that we don't condone such actions taken by corporations. (You've gotta keep in mind that a lot of people in the press haven't wrapped their head around this whole anybody-can-edit mentality, and assume that if Diebold is editing articles about itself, it's because we explicitly allowed them to do so.)
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