[WikiEN-l] FredBauder"clarifies"onattackkkkk site link policy

[Slim Virgin]

On 7/2/07, James Farrar <james.farrar at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you're referring to the linking of real names to account names
> without authorisation by the person in question, this mailing list has
> been guilty of that at times. This would then make wikimedia.org
> unlinkable.
>
> The Mongo ruling is a blunt instrument. It's not surprising it's
> hurting the encyclopedia.
>
All our policies and practices are blunt instruments in the wrong
hands. They need to be applied with common sense.