[WikiEN-l] Another "BADSITES" controversy

[David Gerard]

On 28/05/07, Slim Virgin <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:

> John, I don't think anyone is arguing that extreme position. It's a
> strawman. The whole BADSITES policy proposal was a strawman started by
> a sockpocket. All that's being argued is that sites *devoted* to
> outing and defamation  -- the purpose-built attackers, where it's all
> or most of what they do -- shouldn't be linked to.


And in practice, Will Beback continues a personal fight with Teresa
Nielsen Hayden by removing all references to her (important and
relevant) site from the encyclopedia, invoking WP:BADSITES, a policy
that isn't one.


- d.