[WikiEN-l] Another "BADSITES" controversy

[Blu Aardvark]

jayjg wrote:
> O.K., so now we have a third case; in the event that someone has
> posted something horrible on WR (a highly likely possibility), and
> they are also running for something on Wikipedia (like adminship), you
> think it would be beneficial to link to that awful post.
>   

I didn't say that. You are simply putting words into my mouth. It would 
be beneficial to point out that such a posting exists, and a link *may* 
be appropriate, depending on the content and context of the discussion 
being linked to.
> "While I can't exactly think of an example" - aye, there's the rub. It
> seems to me that the times in which a link to WR would benefit
> Wikipedia are extremely few at best, and involve very specific
> circumstances - so specific, that they could, in fact, be enumerated
> in very short list.
>   

There are very few circumstances where a link could be justified, I will 
grant that. But, as I said, there are occasions where one is beneficial.

Here's another possibility. Wikipedia Review's "Articles" forum was 
initially designed to discuss article content in depth, and point out 
any specific problems in language, structure, sourcing, whathaveyou. It 
has rarely been used for this purpose, but if and when a user did post 
another in-depth evaluation, it certainly could be beneficial to point 
it out on Wikipedia.

Let's suppose Daniel Brandt ran his plagiarism checker again, and posted 
the result on Wikipedia Review. Would a link to the site not be 
beneficial to the project in calling a problem to the attention of editors?

Realize, I'm speaking strictly of links in project and user space. There 
is exactly one occasion where a link to the site may be justified in 
article space, and that is in a biography page that should have been 
deleted a long time ago. The link might also have been beneficial in the 
[[Criticism of Wikipedia]] article, but the site strayed a bit from it's 
original stated goal, and it isn't quite as useful in that arena as it 
was designed to be.