With respect and appreciation extended toward Apoc2400, it's dubious that there would be a need for a separate policy to cover this rare situation. At most, a line or two in existing policy would articulate the matter.
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 5:26 PM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/6/30 Apoc 2400 <apoc2...@gmail.com>: > > > Regarding the recent discussion, I have made a draft proposal at > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:News_suppression > > > I'd rather cover it using the expectation that editors not be stupid. > That's actually a rule listed on Meta. > > “Keeping details out of a Wikipedia article on a living person just > because there aren’t any reliable sources because of a censorious > conspiracy to keep him from getting killed is a slippery slope to the > destruction of the trustworthiness and usefulness of every article in > the encyclopedia,” said administrator WikiFiddler451. “People are > seriously suggesting that our rules should be applied using common > sense and a clue. I just don’t see how that could possibly work. Next > they’ll suggest we ‘assume good faith’ or something.” > > http://notnews.today.com/?p=546 > > > - d. > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > -- http://durova.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
