[WikiEN-l] In development--BLP task force

[Cary Bass]

Peter Coombe wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Cary Bass<cary at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>   
>> In that respect, I'd like to solicit members of the community to take
>> part in this project.  If you are interested, please send me a brief
>> email summarizing what your involvement in BLPs in the past has been
>> and your own opinion as to why BLPs are such a problematic area.
>>     
>
> 2009/8/6 <wjhonson at aol.com>
>   
>> So I have strong doubts that anyone who like I, has spoken out forcibly
>> for the inclusion of any verifiable information, would even be selected
>> for a committee like this one.
>>     
>
> This is a problem. From Cary's email it sounds like this task force
> will only be composed of people with similar views on BLP, in fact
> that will be the main selection criteria. Regardless of the merits of
> these views, such a task force will be prone to groupthink. 
I'm sorry, but I don't understand how you come up with this conclusion.  
I'm asking the questions precisely because I believe we should have 
different perspectives. 

Cary