On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 16:19:01 -0800, Brion Vibber <brion(a)pobox.com> wrote:
Clearly an all-or-nothing toggle isn't going to
satisfy anybody, much
less everybody. So "implementing the will of the community", if it is to
mean anything, must mean something *other* than turning a toggle off or
leaving it on.
What do you suggest?
The technical compromises that have been batted around (adding
nofollow for a certain amount of time after the link was added, etc.)
seem the most ideal to me. Unfortunately, these all require coding.
Until the developers devise a technical solution, the community is
stuck with a yes/no option.
To clarify, I was the user who organized the vote on en. I apologize
to Matthew for the lack of a prompt response; I was snowed under with
work this week and had little time to devote to Wikipedia.
--Slowking Man