[WikiEN-l] Harassment sites

[Will Beback]

Will Beback wrote:
> Ray Saintonge wrote:
>> Will Beback wrote:
>>   
>>> There are many ways that we could help readers get more information on a 
>>> BLP subject. We could post the subject's phone number or address so that 
>>> readers could contact the subjects directly. We could provide links to 
>>> their publisher's website. We could add external link to sites that 
>>> charge money, or that are published in a foreign language. Yet we don't 
>>> normally do those things for good reasons. 
>>>     
>> Why do you want to create a rule about sites published in a foreign 
>> language?  Sometimes they are the best source of information on a given 
>> subject, especially a person.  Some readers interested in the broader 
>> subject do read that language, and should not have their sources limited 
>> by some form of anglo-chauvinism.
>>
>> Ec
>>   
I was using that as an example of a type of external link that is 
currently prohibited or discouraged. See [[Wikipedia:External 
links#Non-English language content]]. My overall point is that we don't 
simply allow or encourage all links that could in some way aid the 
reader to learn more about the subject. We have a number of restrictions 
on both external links and on sources. Those restrictions are not 
censorship, they don't disfigure the encyclopedia, and in fact they make 
it a better reference work.

Will Beback