On 23/05/07, George Herbert <george.herbert(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I enthusiastically support the idea and written policy
in WP:BLP. But
I also think there are grey areas around the edges. No policy can be
written to be explicit and broad enough to avoid having to interpret
applicability for future situations which were unforseen or emergent.
And the policy as written now has a lot of gaps in which ambiguity can
be found.
That's why we err on the side of zapping. Because we don't have to
have Wikipedia finished by tomorrow.
This does lead to content being removed that I for example think damn
well belongs (well-documented and noteworthy nasty aspects of people
who happen to be alive, leaving their articles somewhat whitewashed),
but I can grit my teeth and leave it for now. Because the article will
wait.
- d.