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Sarah stated for the record:
On 6/11/06, Sean Barrett <sean(a)epoptic.com>
wrote:
Do you ever draw the line anywhere? Would you
tell us to comply with
the demand "I will publish the home addresses of a handful of your
administrators unless you take down all of Wikipedia and swear never to
attempt to build a free encyclopedia ever again"?
Yes, we would draw the line somewhere, but we don't have to be slaves
to slippery slope arguments. The current situation is that we're
discussing the deletion of a page about a borderline-notable figure
who has requested the deletion. We don't have to turn everything into
a matter of principle. Rather, we should do what's good in a practical
sense for Wikipedia and its editors and admins.
We've deleted or blanked other pages that subjects haven't wanted.
It's getting to the point where we're digging our heels in with Brandt
because we don't want to be the victims of extortion, and while that's
an admirable principle, it leaves the two sides with locked horns and
no solution.
Sarah
Oh, I know what you mean. I also find that principles can be extremely
annoying. Life is so much easier if one ignores them when they get
inconvenient.
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Sean Barrett | Yes, I am the last man to have walked on the
sean(a)epoptic.com | moon, and that's a very dubious and disappointing
| honor. It's been far too long. --Gene Cernan
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