[WikiEN-l] BADSITES "clarification"

[Daniel R. Tobias]

As some have predicted, with the electronic ink not yet even dry on 
the BADSITES decision, the link-prohibitionists are already pushing 
for something more censorious than what ArbCom actually decided.  JzG 
(who I thought had stormed off in a huff not too long ago, leaving 
his account "permanently") posted a series of lengthy manifestos to 
the WP:RFAR page in favor of imposing a ban on links to Wikipedia 
Review on the grounds that they don't run their forum the way JzG 
wishes them to run it -- banning all the same people Wikipedia has 
banned, banning all the topics Wikipedia has banned, pledging their 
fealty and loyalty to Wikipedia, Jimbo, and ArbCom, and so on.  The 
theory seems to be that Wikipedia can and should dictate the policies 
of all other Web sites and forums through the strategy of banning 
links to uncooperative ones.

At least when *I* write lengthy manifestos, I actually call them user 
essays, rather than ArbCom requests for clarification.

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