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Subject:    Re: [WikiEN-l] Self-sensorship, how far should it go?
From:       "Gabe Johnson" <gjzilla () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-07-30 14:17:52
Message-ID: 535d71800707300717kf244a0cr1314a5b68a787f5d () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 7/30/07, Fred Bauder <fredbaud@waterwiki.info> wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Lee [mailto:johnleemk@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 06:51 AM
> > To: 'English Wikipedia'
> > Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Self-sensorship, how far should it go?
> > 
> > On 7/30/07, sean@epoptic.com <sean@epoptic.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 06:20:58PM -0400, Steve Summit wrote:
> > > > I can't begin to untangle all the rhetorical questions, strawmen,
> > > > and sarcastic remarks here, but: the point is that, for the
> > > > current issue at least, there *is* a de facto ban on links to
> > > > slashdot. All sorts of random editors, at least some of them
> > > > presumably innocent and well-meaning, are asking questions about
> > > > the Slashdot story, and those questions are being methodically
> > > > removed without a trace.
> > > 
> > > "those questions are being methodically removed without a trace" --
> > > oh, really? How is that "without a trace" being implemented? Oversight?
> > > 
> > > Or is your statement just another part of "all the rhetorical
> > > questions, strawmen, and sarcastic remarks here"?
> > 
> > 
> > Well, I think a recent post to the list suggested that the old-fashioned
> > "delete and restore" route we used to take prior to oversight's invention
> > has been followed - it's not "without a trace", but it's enough to make it
> > hard to see what was there unless you're an admin. And according to David
> > Gerard (I think), there have been rejected requests to use oversight in this
> > case. Steve may be exaggerating, but not by much.
> > 
> > Johnleemk
> 
> I went and looked at the Slashdot discussion. It's not about the kooky accusations, \
> but about significant issues. Our users would find the discussion interesting and \
> it would help if they weighed in. I think we are shooting ourselves in the foot \
> removing links to the Slashdot page. It's certainly an initiation into the kind of \
> nonsense we've been dealing with privately for the last two years. Time everybody \
> got baptized. 
> Fred
> 

But weren't you advocating removing the links? Correct me if I'm
mistaken, or have you changed your mind? ~~~~

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