Wikipedia:Don't create a Streisand effect: Difference between revisions

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{{nutshell|When dealing with undesirable behaviour, highlighting attention to it can draw unwanted consequences}}

When Wikipedians get into arguments, people get offended by content which might be struck, reverted or redacted. Often this is done for good reason - libel, threats of harm or obscene vandalism hashave no place on here - but it's best done quietly and without making a big fuss over it.

The problem with openly putting a {{redact}} tag on a page - particularly a juicy [[WP:ANI]] thread - is it creates an unintended [[Streisand effect]]. Suddenly, everyone's desperate to how who said what, and why it was redacted, diverting the discussion ''away'' from the original topic and hence improving the encyclopedia.