[WikiEN-l] Is Slate an attack site?

[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

"David Gerard" wrote
 
> On 12/10/2007, charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
> <charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > William Pietri wrote
> 
> > > Sorry for the confusion. When I say "BADSITES" I am referring to any
> > > proposed or actual policy that we not link to certain sites because
> > > there are things on them that some people don't like. I'm glad to use
> > > another name if you'd like to suggest one.
> 
> > No, please respect the convention that if you write BADSITES you are talking about WP:BADSITES. I don't know why you think it is helpful to make this refer to something so general as you describe. I think if you want to talk about hypotheticals on external linking policy, and especially since you want to float the idea that some "people" want a veto on external links, you owe to the discussion to be much clearer.
> 
> 
> I note you haven't come up with a name you prefer.
> 
> In any case, I and others will continue to refer to it as BADSITES
> when it's indistinguishable in practice.
> 
> You can't hinder discussion of something by trying to stop people
> using the names for things.

I thought I was saying that someone can easily hinder discussion by Humpty-Dumtyfying it: saying "when I say X, X means what I mean by it". 

"...because there are things on them that some people don't like" ... you know, this is stupefyingly vague. It could refer to anything from an outing of a Wikipedian to blasphemy. 

I think the intended reference is to a vapourpolicy WP:HIGH-HANDED, under which the "usual suspects" would be entitled to delete external links. Fill in "usual suspects" with a personal choice of "over-miighty admins", despite the apparent absence of any reference in this discussion to admins. 

Oh, though, I forgot the timely reminders that this is apparently all about "banning". I should quite like to have such a "banning" happen, so that the ArbCom could throw the book at some admin who was very clearly acting in a high-handed manner. 

Charles


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