[WikiEN-l] Harassment sites

[Bryan Derksen]

Durova wrote:
> The purpose is that it reduces incoming traffic from one of the most
> powerful sources of link traffic on the Internet.  If that discourages
> people from using their sites to intimidate particular editors, then so much
> the better.

You're saying that the primary purpose is to reduce the traffic going to
the sites, and whether it discourages them from intimidating editors is
_secondary_?

How can you justify making it Wikipedia's goal to manipulate other
websites' traffic? We've been trying to stop SEO people from doing that
since forever.

> NPOV *is* harmed when good editors decide "this isn't worth it"
> and leave the project.

Only indirectly in that with fewer good editors edits to correct
existing POVness aren't made as frequently. We can't go down the path of
calling anything that makes editors want to leave Wikipedia an "NPOV
violation", that way lies a lot of ridiculous scenarios.

> Wikipedia has a legitimate interest in ensuring that
> all points of view are represented among its contributors.

What about the points of view represented by the so-called "attack
sites"? Sometimes there are legitimate concerns to be had among the
rantings and whatnot.

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