[WikiEN-l] Harassment sites

[joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu]

> I think that external links to the subject's self-published sites don't
> add anything beyond a link to the subject's self-published site, which
> is usually the easiest thing to find about them. Omitting them in some
> circumstances does not harm the articles greatly, and if it would have a
> major impact in reducing harassment then the trade off would be
> worthwhile. WE can argue over how much of a positive improvement there'd
> be, but it's hard to argue that our articles are defaced by removing a
> link that isn't a source.

Wait, I'm confused. You said that "Omitting them in some circumstances 
does not
harm the articles greatly" and said that "it's hard to argue that our articles
are defaced by removing a link that isn't a source." I'm a bit confused. If it
is harming our articles, isn't it defacing them?