Nothing starts a good discussion in the blogosphere like a suggestion intended to legislate blogosphere conversations.
After Kathy Sierra, well known in certain blog circles, received egregiously threatening comments on her blog and on others (which have subsequently been taken down), Tim O'Reilly, who coined the phrase "Web 2.0," and Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder, set out to propose a blogger's "code of conduct" to help foster civility in the vast blogosphere (Dan Gillmor tackles this issue in his column this week).
One ...