On 23/05/07, Joe Szilagyi <szilagyi(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hah. I was going to post this one myself earlier. (I deleted the
article. See my talk page for fun on the subject. It's a group of
editors who can't distinguish between an encyclopedia and
investigative journalism.
The article was deleted, and at least one ex-admin is
rather vociferously
stating that it was due to BLP concerns, such as, "Consensus does not govern
Biographies of living
persons<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_per…
However, doesn't the decision *if* something violates BLP subject to
consensus?
Not when "consensus" means "ten partisans voting 'bugger the rules'
on
a page somewhere."
Who gets to make 'final' decisions on whether
an article violates BLP, to
merit deletion?
We have a really harsh BLP policy for good, long and painful reason.
But this question could do with addressing, so I flagged it as a
matter of concern in the QZ arbitration.
The question is that both views are important. But is there any way to
reconcile them?
- d.