David Gerard wrote: > 2009/7/23 Ken Arromdee <[email protected]>: > >> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, David Gerard wrote: >> >>> A good example is the death of Michael Jackson, where the page was >>> locked and the discussion was fast and furious. Being a sensitive BLP >>> (at the time), that was IMO just the right way to do it. Admins >>> stepping in and saying "no, this is a severe BLP hazard, we have to >>> do this right." >>> >> I would think that a BLP ceases to be a BLP once the person dies. I suppose >> there could still be problems for other living people who are mentioned on >> the page, but the main BLP problem would seem to be gone (unless you want to >> extend BLP to the recently dead). >> > In this case it was while it was still uncertain that he was really > dead. Keeping questionable death reports out of a BLP is important, > particularly as enough people went to Wikipedia first to knock the > servers over ... > > We need to be ready for the onslaught when Elvis dies. :-)
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