[WikiEN-l] Featured editors?

[Guy Chapman aka JzG]

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:55:19 -0800, Durova
<nadezhda.durova at gmail.com> wrote:

>I'm a firm believer in the principle that ethical decisions where good
>people disagree belong to the individuals who live with the consequences.
>If another editor is harassed in real life, I respect that editor's
>confidentiality and choices.  My responsibility as an editor and an
>administrator includes seeing to it that Wikipedia does not continue to be a
>platform for harassment in that situation.  Hence, I follow up on banning
>the sockpuppets and closing whatever loopholes the harasser and his or her
>confederates attempt to exploit.  Most of the time, quiet and efficient
>deflection is sufficient to end the problem.

Yes.  And sometimes, at present, this is then reverted with "how
dare you suppress this! censorship!"

We could all do with a bit more AGF here. Some people give a very
good impression of assuming that any removal of any link is
motivated by a desire to censor legitimate criticism.  Some admins
think that this makes the people who stir up such drama *evil*.  I
don't think either of these views is productive.  But neither do I
think we should tolerate arguments based on points of non-existent
principle (e.g. free speech) when an explanation has been made in
pragmatic and specific terms (e.g. offsite harassment, banned users
advocating content changes in offsite forums).  Wikipedia is not a
free speech zone and not anarchy either.

If anyone would like to propose a policy specifically allowing
banned users to contribute to Wikipedia by posting their opinions in
external venues, then we can see what the community thinks about
that.

Guy (JzG)
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http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JzG