> > Can I ask: does anyone reading this thread 1) think raising the > notability > threshold is a bad idea, 2) believe defaulting to deletion upon request > is a > bad idea, or 3) disagree with the notion that other Wikipedias should > shift > closer to the German Wikipedia's generally-less-permissive policies and > practices, particularly WRT BLPs?
With respect to biographies of living persons, unless there is sufficient reliable published information about a person to flesh out a well balanced article we shouldn't have one. Having said that I am left with remorse regarding people involved in interesting incidents. In such cases, the article should be about the incident. That results in their name being mentioned, but not in the context of a flawed biography. The key is discipline regarding creating red links regarding persons about whom little reliable information is available. Fred _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
