[WikiEN-l] Time to reboot wikien-l

[jayjg]

On Nov 21, 2007 11:04 AM, Wily D <wilydoppelganger at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/21/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
> > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:09:41 -0500, jayjg <jayjg99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >BADSITES has proven to be an extremely convenient way of distracting
> > >attention from the real issues regarding offsite harassment and
> > >non-encyclopedic links; I suspect it has worked even better than its
> > >author ever dreamed it would.
> >
> > Yes, I think you are right.  We had an IP turn up out of the blue
> > yesterday and mark some current proposals as "rejected" due to
> > BADSITES, including one that was specifically motivated by the
> > rejection of BADSITES and seeks to do what the last ArbCom
> > suggested, namely write a workable policy.
> >
> > Of course, it is incredibly important to WR that they retain the
> > ability to add links.  Not because they want to, but because it
> > keeps the site in the public mind.  Without the constant harping it
> > would have been forgotten by now as just another festival of stupid.
> >
> > Guy (JzG)
>
> 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

Who is "pushing BADSITES"? Please name them, and show where they are
doing so. I've only seen people using it as a strawman, but I might
have missed a supporter somewhere.