[WikiEN-l] An open letter to Jimmy Wales

[Phil Nash]

Larry Sanger wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> Earlier today, I had no joy in trying to post this "open letter to
>> Jimmy Wales" on Jimmy's own user talk page: the man himself deleted
>> it.  That is not the sort of behavior I would have expected of the
>> head of an allegedly open, transparent community devoted to free
>> speech.

Free speech? That's a novel idea. We frequently tell recalcitrant editors 
that the First Amendment does not apply on Wikipedia,
and many of our policies, e.g. [[WP:SOAPBOX]], [[WP:TRUTH]], [[WP:NOR]] are 
inimical to free speech. However, this is beginning to bore the hell out of 
me as being not far off Jorge Luis' Borges description of the [[Falkands 
War]]. I suspect I'm not alone. Whinge as much as you like on your own blog, 
go to the media if you like, but I am dangerously close to issuing several 
entirely policy-related blocks. Permanent ones. PS Please wish me a Happy 
Birthday.