[peel] Rewriting history

[RobF]

Steve (TK) - I assume that you are oir admin on Fandom? Have you ever
thought about migrating to a self-hosted wiki? It's probably a big
undertaking and would require some hosting costs but at least we'd have
full control (and no adverts!)

On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 00:36, 'Stuart Brooks' stuartb@brooks22.plus.com
[peel] <peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> It’s totally silly as others have said – though the other 29 occurrences
> of the term still exist (for now). Perhaps it drew particular attention as
> it was an article/named page? And there are plenty of Youtube hits for him.
> Though to me the bigger loss would be if you gave up.
> *From:* so_it_goes_2512@... [peel]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 18, 2019 11:09 PM
> *To:* peel@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [peel] Rewriting history
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> To all the hard-working Wikifiers out there: a Fandom admin has decided
> that the Peel Wiki page on Nigger Kojak should be deleted. I enclose her
> comments and my reply. I would be interested to know what others think
> before I give up contributing to this site for good.
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> Hi,
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> I'm sorry, we do not allow that word on Fandom (although there are many
> existing mentions that need clearing up!)
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> I have had to remove the page, but you are welcome to restore it with the
> word censored out - n***** is acceptable.
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> I'm sorry for the trouble,
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> Regards,
>
> -- Sannse
>
> Sannse Cushway
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> Fandom Community Support
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> Your response is totally inappropriate. That page had existed since 2013
> (even though I had to get a previous admin to allow it). It is the name of
> an artist and your revisioinist censorship robs the Wiki of an artist
> important to Peel's history and you have eradicated many hours of work by
> dedicated Wiki members. I will be highlighting this to the group and will
> continue to fight your decision. What if I had not pointed it out? And why
> is the word allowed on Wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigger)???? I
> request that you reverse the decision forthwith.
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> Steve (TK)
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