How is the very likely possibility of infidelity "relative trivia"? I consider it fairly relevant to a section named "Personal life". Also, your analogy with historical biographies is flawed, because the inclusion of this allegation barely makes the article increase in size at all.
-- ~~yutsi Sent from my iPhone. On Oct 7, 2012, at 10:48 AM, Thomas Morton <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7 October 2012 14:56, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Oct 7, 2012 2:44 PM, "Marc Riddell" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I came across this today in the English Wikipedia: >>> >>> "In 2011, it has been reported that [the subject] has been caught >> cheating >>> on his wife with a 30 year old intern turned reporter." >>> >>> Is this worthy of a credible Encyclopedia or, if it needs reported at >> all, >>> in a gossip tabloid rag? >> >> I'd prefer it if we didn't make that kind of decision ourselves. Has it >> been reported in mainstream (non-gossip) media? (We have to make a >> judgement about whether a particular source is respectable or not, but >> that's better than making judgements on individual facts.) >> ______ >> > > We do it all the time. > > I write historical biographies (amongst other things) and if I recorded all > of the detail discussed in the numerous reliable sources (i.e. books) used > for each then I would still be writing the first one (and just about got to > the length of a medium novel!). > > Editorial judgement is a key skill for any competent WP editor, and we > should focus less on rigid rules (which encourage the inclusion of trivia) > and more on good editorial judgement. > > In this case, good editorial judgement suggests that this is relative > trivia. It is not really related to his reason for notability and is > distinctly about his private life. It also seems to be something along the > lines of an allegation mostly covered in tabloid gossip. > > I'd suggest that with good editorial judgement this is something we would > pause for some time before covering, if at all, whilst BLP applies. > > Tom > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
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