So far as I am aware, they already can add {{NOINDEX}} to the article and it
will, if nobody else reverts the edit disappear from google.I must confess that I don't think it fixes anything worth fixing though. 2009/6/5 Durova <[email protected]> > The proposal is to noindex upon the subject's request. Isn't it best to > let > the people who live with the consequences weigh those pros and cons? If > the > main thing they want is to get Wikipedia off the top Google result, then it > may be worth it to them. On principle, I'm not keen on paternalism. > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Stephen Bain <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Durova<[email protected]> wrote: > > > *Suppose we noindexed biographies of living persons, upon the subject's > > > request.* > > > > As has been already mentioned, this has all been discussed before, but: > > > > NOINDEXing BLPs does nothing to stop vandalism of them. All it can > > hope to do is sweep it under the rug, which is exactly the wrong thing > > to do, as vandalism can only be fixed once it has been noticed. The > > Siegenthaler incident was so bad because the vandalism went unnoticed > > (or at least, uncorrected) for so long. > > > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Durova<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Presumption_in_favor_of_privacy > > > "Presumption in favor of privacy" > > > > Those ideas are about what types of content are accepted into BLPs > > (and what types of sources are used), and under what circumstances > > will we have or not have a BLP. Anyone who cares about these issues > > should put their efforts into working on those ideas, as well as on > > ideas about improving dealing with vandalism as it happens, instead of > > working towards futile obfuscation. > > > > Incidentally, NOINDEXing requires no developer assistance: > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:NOINDEX > > > > -- > > Stephen Bain > > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > > > > -- > http://durova.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > -- -Ian Woollard "All the world's a stage... but you'll grow out of it eventually." _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
