2008/5/20 Delirium delirium@hackish.org:
David Gerard wrote:
Although BLPs have to be written to NPOV/NOR/V just like any article, the essential difference (I think) is that we don't have the luxury of eventualism. At all. Every version that lasts more than a few minutes has to not be problematic.
That isn't remotely a requirement. It isn't something any other source does either---otherwise newspapers would never issue retractions. Of course *striving* to avoid errors, and to correct those that arise as quickly as possible, is a good goal. But your proposal is utterly ridiculous and harmful.
It becomes truer the less famous the article subject is.
- d.