[WikiEN-l] Delete Daniel Brandt

Sun Jun 11 20:16:10 UTC 2006

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Sarah stated for the record:

> 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

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 at epoptic.com | moon, and that's a very dubious and disappointing
                  | honor. It's been far too long. --Gene Cernan
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