[WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

Fred Bauder fredbaud at fairpoint.net
Thu Sep 10 13:34:06 UTC 2009


> And even if "do no harm" really _was_ a universal principle that we all
> followed, it's still open to debate whether reporting information like
> this actually does cause harm.

Such matters are a question of judgment. Information about potential harm
needs to be accurate and common sense applied. To a certain extent this
conversation has been about, "Common sense, what's common sense?, I don't
want no stinking commons sense, I'll work to rule and, if harm results,
tough!, Harm to Wikipedia?, Public relations? Piss on that!"

Fred





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