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

[Daniel R. Tobias]

On 2 Jul 2007 at 17:36:03 +0000, wikien-l-request at lists.wikime wrote:

> No, I just read the link wrong. I made a mistake. Good thing I
> wasn't flying an airplane : I'm sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings.
> Or stirred them up unnecessarily. 

Unfortunately, this is not the first time you've "stirred" something 
up unnecessarily as a result of your failure to properly understand 
policy or the facts of a situation.  A couple of months ago, on this 
list, you were pushing an odd interpretation of the WP:BLP policy 
that allegedly held that, if any admin claimed that BLP was being 
violated, and deleted an article as a result, then this decision was 
unreviewable and unassailable, except by a full-blown Arbcom case, 
even if the original admin was completely wrongheaded about it.  
(And, given that somebody recently even attempted a serious argument 
to the effect that [[Jesus Christ]] was covered by BLP because he 
rose from the grave, one can't be sure of the policy always being 
applied sensibly; the checks and balances of normal policy and 
process are important for helping this.)  You were claiming (with no 
justification) that all of this was provided in the BLP policy, but 
had to back down from that, and the policy now is that normal process 
such as DRV can in fact be applied, though there's a presumption in 
favor of keeping deleted in the case of BLPs anyway.

I expect much better from somebody in a position of trust who's 
tasked with interpreting policy and passing judgment on Wikipedians.


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