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From: Falcorian <alex.public.account+enwikimailingl...@gmail.com>
Subj: Re: [WikiEN-l] Biography of Living persons
Date: Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:53 am
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To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Scientia Potentia est <
bibliomaniac...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> In the end, BLP is not one of our five pillars. The fact that we are an
> encyclopedia is.
>
> bibliomaniac15
>
That pretty much says it all.
--Falcorian
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I'll put another "yes and hell yes" on that. Having reasonable BLP standards is
great, but we passed "reasonable" many miles back. About time to bring it back
to "Nothing unsourced or poorly sourced, no hatchet jobs, no pseudo-biographies
that only cover the person'ss role in one event."
We've gotten to the point of literal censorship on BLPs, where we're
withholding relevant and well-sourced information like names, not because they
can't be well-sourced (they can), but because of panic over "privacy." I've
even been told, by someone who should know better, that BLP is more important
than NPOV, and saw not a bit of outrage.
BLP is a necessary beast, but it's well past time to get it back on the
leash, and make sure that leash stays short. If it's gotten to the point we're
worried about it over neutrality, that just hammers home the need for real and
immediate reform.
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