[WikiEN-l] Meet the Metz

[Ben Yates]

Articles like this are getting lots of traffic from digg and other
places, and significantly damaging wikipedia's reputation.  The way to
combat that is not to refuse to be interviewed; it's to get the other
side of the story out more effectively.  I'm not sure of the best way
to do that, but I don't think the occasional bunker mentality here
helps.

On Dec 7, 2007 2:18 PM, George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 6, 2007 5:19 PM, Daniel R. Tobias <dan at tobias.name> wrote:
>
> > Another Cade Metz article on Wikipedia, following in the heels of the
> > last one:
> >
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/06/wikipedia_and_overstock/
> >
> > <http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l>
>
>
> Daniel;
>
> While I feel it's fine for everyone to have their say, including Bagley, I'm
> somewhat dissapointed that you participated in helping a writer create a
> puff piece that completely dismissed Bagley's long and well documented
> history of dangerous stalking and harrassment activities.
>
> What he's done online makes it completely unsuitable for him to ever edit
> Wikipedia again.
>
> Cade is clearly looking for and finding controversy.  The Register thrives
> on that.  The reality is rather different.  Rendering aid and comfort to
> people who behave sociopathically online is not in the best interests of the
> project.
>
>
> --
> -george william herbert
> george.herbert at gmail.com
>
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