Maintaining the integrity of WP editing and WP editors has everything to do with writing an encyclopedia. Responsible discussion of attacks on either is appropriate. As for notability, what may appear on WR etc may not be widely noticed, but what appears on slashdot is another matter. The only reason for hiding the truth is the fear that it might be damaging. Now in this case anyone knowing even a little of the story can see that the fear is wildly excessive. So the net result is that the ignorant will thing we're evil, and the slightly more knowledgeable will think we're cowards. I don't think we're either--I think its the trap of trying to justify our previous errors by insisting on repeating them, so we can pretend to ourselves that they aren't errors. All concealment looks suspicious, and the resort to it is self-defeating. Had we not concealed, this discussion--which is now permanently recorded-- also would not have occurred. So the net result is that we have multiplied the effectiveness of the slashdot story.
On 7/30/07, Tony Sidaway tonysidaway@gmail.com wrote:
This crap has nothing to do with writing an encyclopedia. Feel free to remove it when and where you find it.
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