[WikiEN-l] An example of a bad biography

[Risker]

On 29/04/2008, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
>
> WJhonson at aol.com wrote:
> > Saying that things in BLPs "hurts people" only furthers the idea that
> that
> > is what we're avoiding.  It's a simplistic approach to a complex  issue.
> >
> > Things that we re-report, summarize, etc in BLP's is sometimes going
> to  hurt
> > people.  We've been over this ground before.  Not only people who  do
> stupid
> > things (like murder, rape, etc.), but people who are
> mentioned  nationally
> > doing embarrassing things as well.
> >
> > Our mission is not to protect people from themselves.  That is *their*
> > mission.
> > Our mission is to rely on reliable, verifiable sources to tell the
> public
> > what *is* going on.
>
> This entirely misses the point of what I was talking about.  I am sorry
> but I am at a bit of a loss at the moment as to how to explain it to you.
>
> The victim of the bad biography in this case did nothing to deserve the
> insults that were flung at him by the vandals.  I am not suggesting that
> we hide embarrassing things done by various people, not report honestly
> on murder cases, etc.  All of that has absolutely nothing to do with
> what we are discussing here.
>
> --Jimbo


Article is nominated for deletion here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Bob_Kinnear

Risker