[WikiEN-l] JzG's banning Private Musings regarding BADSITES debate

[David Gerard]

On 01/11/2007, Alec Conroy <alecmconroy at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's true, but in PM's defense,  the BADSITES issue isn't just any
> old issue.  The level of on-wiki incivility that BADSITES opponents
> are subjected to is really unprecedented.   If you come out against
> BADSITES, there's a vocal group of people who are going to hate your
> guts for the rest of your Wikipedia career.  They'll accuse you of
> "aiding trolls", "being a troll", "badgering", and everything in
> between.
> With BADSITES, there's a real climate of partisan hatred that I've
> never really seen before on Wikipedia.  There's a groups of people who
> are definitely "collecting names", and overtly hostile to anyone who
> has strongly opposed Badsites, and if you're sensitive to attacks,
> they can completely poison your wiki experience.
> If you strongly oppose BADSITES but are the kind of person who really
> needs a happy, civil working environment to make it pleasant to edit
> wikipedia, you really either have to make a pseudonym or you have to
> just have to keep your mouth shut.
> PM chose the pseudonym route, and absent any evidence of wrongdoing,
> we should respect his choice and thank him for lending a hand to
> trying to mediate our #1 community disagreement.


Indeed.


- d.