[WikiEN-l] HD DVD key and the spam blacklist

[Todd Allen]

On 5/5/07, Tim Starling <tstarling at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Anthony wrote:
> > On 5/5/07, Tim Starling <tstarling at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> [...]
> >> We're accountable to both. This action was taken at the request of the
> >> community, and is subject to review by both the community and the Board.
> >
> > In what way was the action taken at the request of the community?  Are
> > you saying this because some members of the community want it?
>
> Yes, some members of the community requested it.
>
> -- Tim Starling
>
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Alright, so at what point will you be removing it from such blacklist?
It seems the Digg spammers have moved along. (Jf not, I presume it's
easy enough to put back?) If they were still interested in spamming
the key, there are a thousand ways to do that ("oh-nine eff-nine"), I
can think of a million more but I won't spill the BEANS for right now.
They've left and moved on, this isn't about spam anymore.

There's no overwhelming consensus -not- to have it at all, and I doubt
it's really stopping very much spam now. It's probably more stopping
standard editorial processes, or making an end-run around a decision
that Jimbo and the Foundation have, by making their position an
emphatic No Comment, apparently chosen to leave up to us.

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