Ken Arromdee wrote:
> It's like a BLP except that the subject
isn't a person. The same
> problems come up--ultimately, if a city can't attract professionals
> because of a bad Wikipedia article, it's still real people being
> hurt in real-life ways by
> us. Just not one at a time. It's also like BLP in that the city's
> marginally notable and probably isn't on a lot of watchlists.
>
> Maybe we should expand the BLP concept to include organizations,
> cities, etc.? Like BLP, it's most needed when the group is small.
> There won't be
> Biography of Living Organization problems on Coca-Cola any more than
> there will be BLP problems on Bill Gates. But BLO problems on small
> cities (or small companies, etc.) where the Wikipedia entry is the
> top search result, can wreak havoc.
[[WP:UNDUE]] should cover this. I wouldn't want a BLP analogy to
settlements, because most major cities tend to have crime, simply because of
the opportunities that exist; but to have an analogous policy for all
settlements would seem to be over-egging the pudding somewhat.