[WikiEN-l] A BADSITES RfA piling-on

[Fred Bauder]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ron Ritzman [mailto:ritzman at gmail.com]
>Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 06:33 PM
>To: 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] A BADSITES RfA piling-on
>
>On 5/28/07, Slim Virgin <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That is where we fundamentally disagree. Admins are there to protect
>> the encyclopedia and the people who create it. We can't offer much
>> protection, it's true, but we *can* remove links to websites set up
>> for the sole purpose of making those people feel miserable.
>
>Putting the issue of "links to attack sites" aside, I would love to
>see the admins of these "attack sites" institute a "no meatspacing"
>rule. That is, say anything you want about Wikipedia or an
>editor/admin's behavior on wiki but there will be no attempt to reveal
>or talk about the real life identity of any editor unless it has
>already been revealed by the editor himself or a news source. (ie
>Essjay)
>
>This would do 2 things. It would give the "detractor sites" a chance
>to demonstrate that they are simply critics of Wikipedia and not out
>to "get" the people involved with it and Wikipedians a chance to
>demonstrate that they don't suppress honest criticism.

You really don't get it. That's not the game.

Fred