Ray Saintonge wrote: > I'm making a point of replying to this before I read any of the other > responses to avoid being tainted by them. > > Sue Gardner wrote: > >> * The editors I've spoken with about BLPs are pretty serious about them – >> they are generally conservative, restrained, privacy-conscious, etc. But I >> wonder if that general attitude is widely-shared. If Wikipedia believes (as >> is said in -for example- the English BLP policy) that it has a >> responsibility to take great care with BLPs, should there be a >> Wikipedia-wide BLP policy, or a projects-wide statement of some kind? >> >> > The English Wikipedia is probably the worst offender. Until that is > sorted out a Wikipedia wide policy is premature. The qualities at the > beginning of you paragraph are important, but a level of common sense > also needs to be applied. In unbalanced criticism any individual > comment may be perfectly valid when viewed in isolation. The problem is > with the effect of restating details, or the injudicious use of > adjectives in places where they don't enlighten. > >
I doubt your statement "The English Wikipedia is probably the worst offender." has genuine statistical evidence behind it. But no doubt it can't be far behind from the worst. I do think your instinct about policies not being panaceas is likely accurate though. It isn't policy change (or regime change :) wikipedia projects need. It is contributor culture change. And that is hardest to bring about. Yours, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
