[WikiEN-l] [WikiEn-l] Another BLP deletion... Why?

[Ron Ritzman]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 7:50 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

>  That's actually a really good idea.

To expand upon the idea. AFD rules would remain the same for BLPs and
non BLPs (notable or not notable) with "no consensus" defaulting to
"keep". However, if the subject requests deletion or otherwise starts
to make trouble for the project, then his article would go to "BLPs
for discussion" Where the article would be deleted (or stubified and
protected) unless there is a clean consensus to keep.

One thing that should be discussed in a "BLPFD" would be whether or
not the subject is "super notable" (a public figure/celebrity) or just
an ordinary "marginally notable" shmoe. Not that we should be doing
hatchet jobs on celebrities but many of them get slammed in the
tabloids just as bad as they can get slammed here. It goes with the
territory of being a celebrity.