[WikiEN-l] Docs look to Wikipedia for condition info: Manhattan Research

[Fred Bauder]

> 2009/5/26 geni <geniice at gmail.com>:
>> 2009/5/26 Ken Arromdee <arromdee at rahul.net>:
>>> This is a prime example of how rules are taken to be everything on
>>> Wikipedia,
>>> and how common sense is ignored.
>>>
>>> Wikipedia should not provide information that is likely to lead to
>>> harm.
>>
>> That would require us to exclude information on rather a lot of ethnic
>> conflicts.
>
> Could you explain that one?

I understood it well enough. Accurate information on a number of subjects
is inflammatory. Imagine if the Chinese people actually had access to a
video of soldiers machine gunning Tienanmen protesters. I doubt if anyone
eating at the McDonald's at the site would have much appetite.