[WikiEN-l] Why aren't *all* wikia.com links restricted under nofollow?

[William Pietri]

James Farrar wrote:
> On 01/05/07, Rich Holton <richholton at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> I for one want to make sure there is no unnecessary ammunition for those
>> who want to discredit Wikipedia or the Foundation.
>>     
>
> Those who want to discredit Wikipedia or the Foundation will find
> ammunition. We have to consider how much time we can reasonably spend
> making it slightly more difficult for them -- which is about the most
> we can do.
>   

It would be nice if they didn't find things that are a legitimate cause 
for concern, though. And I think the appearance of a conflict of 
interest is clearly in that category.

William