On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 14:33, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > Sarah wrote: >> I'm increasingly wondering whether we should be hosting any BLPs, because >> these are often difficult decisions to make -- at which point there is >> legitimate public interest in a person's private life -- and they can't be >> reached thoughtfully in an open-editing environment. > > I think anyone who has been in the "BLP trenches" has had the same thought. > The reality is that an encyclopedia without a "Barack Obama" article or a > "Nelson Mandela" article really isn't a general reference encyclopedia, or > at least isn't a very good one. The issue is making a reasonable distinction > between those types of individuals and everyone else. > > MZMcBride > We could solve that by hosting only BLPs that have already had encyclopedic or extensive treatment elsewhere, i.e. have already been the subject of (a) an encyclopedia article; or (b) a book or book chapter from a reliable publisher; or (c) a profile or in-depth piece in a high-quality newspaper (one about the person, not about events the person was involved in).
I know this has been suggested before, but it's coming time to consider it seriously. Sarah _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l