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

[Fred Bauder]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Anthony [mailto:wikimail at inbox.org]
>Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2007 02:37 PM
>To: 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] FredBauder"clarifies"onattack site link policy
>
>On 7/5/07, David Goodman <dgoodmanny at gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Essjay_controversy&diff=next&oldid=140406328
>> and on examining what was inserted, no confidential or abusive
>> material was linked to.
>>
>Reading the entire thread, some of the comments there certainly aren't nice...
>
>Not that I personally think that justifies blocking anyone inserting a
>link to the thread, but some others seem to think it does.

It's a close question. It seems Daniel Brandt may have noticed Essjay before the rest of us. That is important for our history if not for any article. It does seem to be original research, at least until someone writes the book.

Fred