[WikiEN-l] ZOMG Wikipedia is TERRORIST!!1!1!!!!

[David Gerard]

On 24 July 2010 00:57, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 23 July 2010 13:53, Daniel R. Tobias <dan at tobias.name> wrote:

>> rightly ridiculed by critics such as the WR crowd.


See, that's a sentence fragment that is intrinsically flawed. The WR
crowd in question was not "critics", the correct term is "stalkers and
trolls," several of whom are the actual people the foundation was
concerned about showing up there. You get no points for clear thinking
on this topic.


> The Foundation, like any other employer, has a duty (both legal and
> moral) to protect its staff. The nature of the Foundation's work means
> there is a significant risk of it coming under various forms of
> attack, including people turning up at the office and behaving in a
> threatening manner. Keeping the location of the office quiet was the
> best way the Foundation had to mitigate that risk. The new office
> comes with security, so the risk is significantly reduced, hence the
> address being published.


- d.