On 14 November 2012 12:38, Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Charles Matthews > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 14 November 2012 12:23, Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Charles Matthews >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> On 14 November 2012 12:04, Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > As I said in that discussion, the underlying problem seems to be that >> >> > we >> >> > have a certain number of low-notability articles that are only (or >> >> > mainly) >> >> > edited by the subjects themselves, and the people who hate them. >> >> >> >> Since the worst BLP I know about falls in that class, I'd have to >> >> agree with the statement, to the extent that there is a problem. On >> >> the other hand the PR issue is more about high-notability articles. No >> >> deletionist approach is a remedy to the Usmanov scenario, is it? >> > >> > >> > >> > No; but there are articles in the PR "weight class" that can be just as >> > problematic. The article on Vodacom for example was attacked by a white >> > supremacist, who posted about his exploits here: >> > >> > http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t809859-9/#post10057604 >> > >> > His stuff stayed in there for months. There is no evidence that Vodacom >> > have >> > ever taken an interest in their article; but I am sure they have a PR >> > agent. >> > We are simply spread too thin to prevent this sort of thing, and often >> > it's >> > only the subjects themselves, or their PR agents, who try to fix the >> > article. >> >> With respect, that does seem to be an entirely different issue. The >> "too thin" phenomenon is the result of growth (a problem of success) >> and can be addressed in other ways. And has been, in 2012. >> >> Charles > > > > Sorry, I am not following you. How has it been addressed in 2012?
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