[WikiEN-l] Time to reboot wikien-l

[Wily D]

On 11/21/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:04:49 -0500, "Wily D"
> <wilydoppelganger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Linking_to_external_harassment
> >essentially eliminates the ability to link to Wikipedia Review, which
> >fails at least four of the five "Should I link to it?" criteria in
> >"LINKLOVE".   If people stopped pushing BADSITES and looked at
> >something more like LINKLOVE they'd win over those of us who don't
> >give a fuck about linking to the Wikipedia Review but are unprepared
> >to delink slashdot.org from [[slashdot]] or newyorker.com from [[The
> >New Yorker]].  It's probably worth considering.
>
> Well yes, but at least one IP has recently marked that as rejected
> based on the assertion that it is BADSITES in all but name.  Some
> people seem unwilling to move beyond absolutist positions.
>
> Guy (JzG)

Perhaps, but "one IP" is hardly the voice of the community.  LINKLOVE
looks good to me, and I'd endorse making it a guideline at the very
least.  I say this as someone strongly opposed to BADSITES.

Cheers
WilyD