[WikiEN-l] Harassment sites

[K P]

On 10/14/07, fredbaud at waterwiki.info <fredbaud at waterwiki.info> wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Will Beback [mailto:will.beback.1 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 03:04 AM
> To: 'English Wikipedia'
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Harassment sites
>
> David Gerard wrote:
> > This would still see michaelmoore.com removed from [[Michael Moore]],
> > so fails the giggle test.
> >
> >
> The purpose of Wikipedia is to create articles full of content, not full
> of external links. I'd argue that the article on Michael Moore does not
> require a link to his website, nor does any article require having any
> external link. External links are a convenience to readers, but aren't
> part of the goal of the encyclopedia.
> W.
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> A prominent person, popular with most of our users, can harass an editor who takes a political position most of don't like, on his website. If we do anything about it, other than ask him to quit, we would make ourselves a laughing stock.
>
> Policies are like spiderwebs; they catch flies. Hawks fly through. (Not an original thought, but based on the Spanish proverb "Laws, like the spider's webs, catch the flies and let the hawk go free.")
>
> Fred
>
>
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KP