[WikiEN-l] a few new wrinkles in the external link issue

[Ray Saintonge]

Jeff Raymond wrote:

>MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
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>>Other blogs aren't a-okay, but it's simply not possible to block all blogs.
>>Personally, I will allow blogs as sources when its contents can clearly be
>>attributed to a notable individual. 99% of MySpace members isn't remotely
>>notable at all.
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>So because most blogs aren't useful, we'll simply assume they all 
>aren't.  Hey, most websites aren't useful, either, why not disable all 
>external linking altogether?
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Mgm is allowing for 1% good ones.  That's important progress because it 
means that people actually have to pay attention to what they're doing.  
If someone is doing that I'm happy to concede the other 99%.  It's the 
absolutist stand that some take that's the problem.