[WikiEN-l] Another "BADSITES" controversy

[David Gerard]

On 30/05/07, jayjg <jayjg99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/30/07, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> > 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.

> People will always wikilawyer any rule, but that doesn't mean they
> shouldn't be made. The remedy for wikilawyering is common sense, as
> always. Moreover, rules should be as general as possible; Wikipedia
> shouldn't have a policy about one specific item.


Indeed. So why are you advocating it do so?


- d.