[WikiEN-l] Harassment sites

[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

"David Gerard" wrote
 
> On 15/10/2007, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 15/10/2007, fredbaud at waterwiki.info <fredbaud at waterwiki.info> wrote:
> 
> > > The encyclopedia is the work of the community, its creation. Thus the encyclopedia is dependent on the viability and integrity of the community.
> 
> > Yes, but if it comes down to one or the other ... then what?
> 
> 
> And let me say that I consider removing the michaelmoore.com link from
> [[Michael Moore]] to obviously constitute damage to the encyclopedia,
> and if the community comes up with a rule that makes that a good idea
> then the community is *wrong* and the rule needs removal. That's NPA
> vs NPOV, i.e. the BADSITES arbitration.

That's the basis, not of having a rule, but a diplomatic procedure. "You force our hand here, it's a lose-lose situation. Let's talk about this." And go on to explain that we can shrug off point-scoring, but we have internal ways of dealing with issues and feel that it would be bad not only for us if outside pressures played a part in those.

Charles

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