I've made a fresh proposal intended to get around the stalemate of
previous arguments over "BADSITES" and other proposals.
It is limited to self-published websites, i.e. blogs and forums. The
idea is that people who engage in harassment of Wikipedia editors should
not be used as reliable sources for articles because they have a
conflict of interest with the project. They are attempting to force
editors to change their behavior in an improper manner, and may be
presumed to have an interest in changing Wikipedia's contents improperly
as well. This proposal is inspired partly by the prohibition on allowing
participation by people who are suing Wikipedia, which is also due to a
conflict of interest problem. Similar text should be added to the WP:EL
This proposal would not affect the ''New Yorker'' and similar legitimate
sources. It does not include an exemption for 3RR. It does not address
linking outside of articles.
The proposal is currently being discussed at [[Wikipedia talk:Linking to
external harassment#Harassment sites are unreliable]] as part of that
proposed policy. I should note that that discussion is dominated by a
few editors, and more input would be helpful.
Will Beback