On 4/15/07, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain(a)gmail.com> wrote:
And yes, I mean in articles too. There's no reason
for personal
information like phone numbers and street addresses to be included
anywhere on Wikipedia (unless someone chooses to put them there
themselves, and then only while they want it there).
Whether a person adds material about themselves personally is
irrelevant to whether it should be there. We never distinguish between
*who* added the material - only whether it meets our policies.
As a general rule, I don't think we include phone numbers of any
individuals or even organisations. For a start, they're liable to
change. And then, who are they useful to? People overseas? I guess
there are exceptions like particularly famous phone numbers, but in
general we don't need or want them.
Steve