The problem arises in the cases of articles which are libelous,
malicious, or manifestly unfair. Other instances, other than people who
are clearly notable, are not relevant; it doesn't matter whether we have
articles or not, promotional or critical, so it doesn't matter if the
subject has the
On 16 April 2012 14:12, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote:
The problem arises in the cases of articles which are libelous,
malicious, or manifestly unfair. Other instances, other than people who
are clearly notable, are not relevant; it doesn't matter whether we have
articles or not,
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:18 PM, David Goodman dgge...@gmail.com wrote:
It would be better to have a rule to never take the views of the
subject in consideration about whether we should have an article,
unless an exception can be made according to other Wikipedia rules, in
particular, Do No
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:18 PM, David Goodman dgge...@gmail.com wrote:
It would be better to have a rule to never take the views of the
subject in consideration about whether we should have an article,
unless an exception can
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:26 PM, George Herbert
george.herb...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:18 PM, David Goodman dgge...@gmail.com wrote:
It would be better to have a rule to never take the views of the
subject
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:26 PM, George Herbert
george.herb...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:18 PM, David Goodman dgge...@gmail.com wrote:
It
On 4/17/12, George Herbert george.herb...@gmail.com wrote:
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The key problem here - IMHO - is not-sensitive editors interacting
with sensitive BLP subjects.
That is not always the case.
What would *you* do if you cleaned up and expanded an article on a BLP
you had never heard of before
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote:
On 4/17/12, George Herbert george.herb...@gmail.com wrote:
snip
The key problem here - IMHO - is not-sensitive editors interacting
with sensitive BLP subjects.
That is not always the case.
What would *you* do
On 4/17/12, George Herbert george.herb...@gmail.com wrote:
Why would you not find yourself in a similar situation if employed by
a published scholarly encyclopedia and were told This guy is just
notable enough, write a brief bio of him for the next version?
The difference is, there is
