[WikiEN-l] Another "BADSITES" controversy

[David Gerard]

On 30/05/07, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> "I am not saying we would ever want to link to Wikipedia Review.." was
> the first sentence in the comment you replied to. Does it become any
> more clear if I repeat it?
> I. Am. Not. Saying. We. Should. Link. To. Wikipedia. Review.
> I am saying that if we want to prohibit linking to Wikipedia Review,
> we come out and say so directly and simply and clearly. Don't beat
> around the bush with vague talk of "attack sites" that someone can
> come back to later and twist around to play silly buggers with -
> because they can and will.


More importantly: because they can, will, do and have. Having such a
rule at all is clearly far too great an incitement to blithering
stupidity to allow it to exist. Those advocating it are consistently
failing to acknowledge that all actual application of it has been
*utterly idiotic*.


- d.