[WikiEN-l] Ban notices, Wikipedia, and search engines.

[Wily D]

On 9/24/07, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thomas, recently you've aggressively rejected suggestions that we make
> an effort to keep things like blocked notices out of google.
>
> Part of your argument seems to be that blocked people deserve whatever
> humiliation we can dish out. Cases of mistakes have been made, but you
> haven't seen to care.
>
> I hope you don't plan to reference your work on Wikipedia in any job
> interviews any time soon:
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Thomas+Dalton+wikipedia&btnG=Google+Search
>
> Have I finally made a (wp:)POINT that you can understand?
>
> As a Wikipedian in good standing fixing this won't be hard... but the
> same problem can be nearly impossible for outsiders to resolve.
>
> Wikipedia isn't judge, jury, and executioner any more than we are a
> personal webhost.  We should probably complexity no-index user and
> user talk... but if we don't we should at least endeavor to keep
> block/ban notices out of the search engines.
>
> We must block people to keep the site running well... but using our
> web presence to attack people is generally unethical, and
> inappropriate even when they deserve it.

Is there a particular reason why user and user_talk need to be searchable? |

WilyD