[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia:News suppression (was: News agencies are not RSs)

[Durova]

With respect and appreciation extended toward Apoc2400, it's dubious that
there would be a need for a separate policy to cover this rare situation.
At most, a line or two in existing policy would articulate the matter.

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 5:26 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2009/6/30 Apoc 2400 <apoc2400 at gmail.com>:
>
> > Regarding the recent discussion, I have made a draft proposal at
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:News_suppression
>
>
> I'd rather cover it using the expectation that editors not be stupid.
> That's actually a rule listed on Meta.
>
> “Keeping details out of a Wikipedia article on a living person just
> because there aren’t any reliable sources because of a censorious
> conspiracy to keep him from getting killed is a slippery slope to the
> destruction of the trustworthiness and usefulness of every article in
> the encyclopedia,” said administrator WikiFiddler451. “People are
> seriously suggesting that our rules should be applied using common
> sense and a clue. I just don’t see how that could possibly work. Next
> they’ll suggest we ‘assume good faith’ or something.”
>
> http://notnews.today.com/?p=546
>
>
> - d.
>
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