[WikiEN-l] Featured editors?

[Daniel R. Tobias]

On 10 Nov 2007 at 16:37:33 +0000, Guy Chapman aka JzG 
<guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:

> Fact is, I am getting just a little bit tired of the fact that some
> people give a very strong appearance of extending a greater
> assumption of good faith towards the likes of Bagley and Barber than
> they do towards those of us who work to protect the project form the
> pernicious influence of such people.

And Senator McCarthy, I'm sure, was tired of the fact that some 
people seemed to be extending more assumptions of good faith towards 
the communists than towards those like the Senator who worked to 
protect the country from their pernicious influence.  Nevertheless, 
even if it caused one to be categorized as a communist sympathizer 
for saying so (and even if many of the people saying so *were* in 
fact sympathizers of communist ideology), it was in fact true that 
the actions taken by the likes of the Senator in the name of 
protecting the American system against communism were in fact 
undermining some important things about the American system such as 
freedom to hold and express opinions.

> Which does not change the fact that I do believe, and I am perfectly
> happy to stand up and be counted on this, that active participation
> on Wikipedia Review, as it is *right now*, is fundamentally
> incompatible with being a good Wikipedian.
> 
> And I believe that the whole Alkivar business proves this.

I looked over some of the pages in that case, and saw no mention of 
Wikipedia Review except where you brought it up yourself.

> Nobody else has to agree with this, it's not a proposed policy, but
> it is a statement of how I feel about that site *right now* based on
> what its prominent members are doing *right now*.

You have a right to your own feelings, as do I to mine, and I hope 
nobody has to live in fear of any "banhammer" for holding them.

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