[Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again

[Fred Bauder]

> David Gerard wrote:
>
>> Fred, what's your actual point and suggested course of action with
>> this thread, and what does it have to do with the original starting
>> point?
>
> I'm totally puzzled to see how this thread was turned on its head. Not
> the first time that this happens on this list, but it's still /the/ most
> perfect example on how to discuss crap instead of the actual point that
> I've seen in a long, long time.
>
> Though now I think of it, it's not the first time that a Russian
> Wikipedia-related thread gets hijacked and people end up discussing
> irrelevant shit and essentially wasting traffic.
>
> I'm really disappointed.
>
> 	-- Tomasz
>

I suspect the Russian government will overreach in any event, but it
would help if Wikipedia did not have direct links to filesharing sites. I
know it seems remote that we could make a decision to not do that, but we
should. Then we will be in a much better position.

Fred