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[Alec Conroy]

Guy wrote:
>The Evidence page does not, at a quick re-scan, mention removal of
>any *mention* of the name form the Bagley article

Oh if only it were so.   Sadly, the deletions were all too real.   We
really did come face to face with people saying "You can't even
MENTION enemies of the project or their websites, even in articles".


http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Overstock.com&diff=prev&oldid=155943322
adding back in removed section, removing NPA references -- stop using
NPOV to justify your blatant policy violations

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Overstock.com&diff=prev&oldid=155981493
Anti naked short-selling campaign - removing website reference pending
resolution of policy dispute re WP:NPA

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Overstock.com&diff=prev&oldid=155991133
that's how the policy reads; if you don't like it, change the policy

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Overstock.com&diff=prev&oldid=155994400
links or *references* are not permitted by NPA; this is a site with an
attack on a Wiki admin splashed on its front page; NPOV has nothing to
do with it

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Overstock.com&diff=156282353&oldid=156279584
1: ArbCom has not ruled on this 2: please explain how NPOV applies on talk page


As you say, damnatio memoriae was swiftly rejected-- but the next time
somebody makes an orwell references, remember there was a time when
some people really said "absolutely no *reference* to unpersons
allowed in Wikipedia", and we went to arbcom over it.

Alec