On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Carcharoth <carcharot...@googlemail.com>wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 11:37 AM, geni <geni...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Zee problem with this standard is that it would preclude having an > > article on the person currently running mali (admittedly the article > > isn't up to much but I think it could be argued that we should at > > least try). > > i) Have a *clear* way for the article subject to make contact and > raise concerns. Currently, this is OTRS, but I suspect many people who > are the subject of biographical articles are unaware of the articles. > Hawkins says he contacted Wikimedia (and the talk page does now contain an OTRS reference) and never received a reply. I am aware of another case where the subject had to wait a month for a reply. On the other hand, an anonymous editor can get an exasperated biography subject that types the word "libel" on Wikipedia blocked in five minutes at AN/I. > ii) Be respectful of the article subject and be prepared to work with > them if they raise concerns, and don't needlessly antagonise them. For > some editors, who chose to remain anonymous, this will be problematic, > as some people (understandably) will want to work with a known person, > not some anonymous screen name. > > iii) Use very high standards of sourcing and be aware that limited or > restricted coverage in sources almost certainly results in errors. > Better to keep the article short and precise, rather than write too > much (your 'we should at least try') and run into problems. > > In almost all cases, a stub with the basic information is better than > a loose aggregation of factoids. The problem is that well-meaning > people (and sometime less well-meaning people) come along later and > try and 'expand' what is there. I'd be in favour of locking down BLPs > once they reach a certain stage of development and requiring a very > high standard of sourcing for new additions. These sound like sensible ideas. Andreas _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
