[WikiEN-l] BLP Just a quikie

Brock Weller brock.weller at gmail.com
Tue Jun 26 03:32:42 UTC 2007


Offline references have always and will always be acceptable. Do you have
links to where they've been removed? Id be more then happy to step in if its
not something as absurd as addresses.

On 6/25/07, michael west <michawest at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sorry Tony you misunderstood meant dates of birth (certainly not address
> unless you live in Buckingham Palce)! Mike
>
> On 26/06/07, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 6/26/07, michael west <michawest at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > WP:BLP seems to be the new crusade and of course I understand the
> > reasons
> > > and largely support the concerns of BLP warriors. But aren't we going
> > too
> > > far? The UK has a book called Who's Who?
> > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Whos-Who-2007/dp/0713675276 which lists
> > everything
> > > about notable people (they have much stricter rules about notability
> > than we
> > > do!) in the UK and Commonwealth right down to their address. Because
> its
> > not
> > > online some BLP warriors have removed details listed from in articles.
> > Are
> > > we only now to use online references on Wikipedia?
> >
> > Listing somebody's full street address may not be appropriate for an
> > article on Wikipedia.  It depends on the context.
> >
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-Brock


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