[WikiEN-l] Delete Daniel Brandt

Sun Jun 11 20:07:28 UTC 2006

On 6/11/06, Sarah <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/11/06, Sean Barrett <sean at 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
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The thing is it's not just a matter of principle. We do this because
if we give in more and more people will do exactly the same thing.
And, as I've said, Daniel Brandt is a fanatic, he won't ever stop,
even if he wins this battle. We have to be utalitarian here, we have
to take the route where we get the least amount of trouble. We do that
by not giving in.

--Oskar