On 03/11/06, Rob <gamaliel8(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/3/06, Gregory Kohs <thekohser(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> In the article about the theory of general
relativity, Wikipedia would
> reject the submissions of Albert Einstein, but encourage those of a talented
> high school physics student.
We have a large, ongoing problem with companies
attempting to use WP
as a promotional tool, as I'm sure you are aware, and political
operatives attempting to use WP as a campaign tool. A policy is
helpful and useful in dealing with these issues, if only to provide a
link to paste on a spammer's page to help explain why he can't post a
link to his sales page everywhere. I doubt that anyone would
seriously interpret this policy in a way that would reject the
contributions of a notable scientist editing articles in his field.
Have a look at the arbcom pages some time. Fred Bauder seriously
proposed some time last year that Chip Berlet should not be allowed to
edit articles about the LaRouchians because - hah! - his expertise on
the subject meant he was too involved.
- d.