On Aug 20, 2006, at 9:50 PM, Delirium wrote:
Some suggestions that we
leave out "unimportant" but true facts are a little more problematic,
though, and suggestions that we shouldn't be able to have open
discussions during the article-writing process are even more
problematic.
No one is asserting that, Mark.
We can discuss such issues in talk pages by removing content and using
diffs (that are not spidered by Google). All the discussion needs to
be in these cases could be as simple as: "I have removed your comment
as per [[WP:BLP]]. You can see it [
http://Diff_URL here]. Please
provide a reliable source that describe this viewpoint. Thanks."
I'm discussing the case where the content wasn't added in the first
place, but is first brought up on the talk page. For example, I might
recall something about a politicians' scandal that isn't currently in
the article, and ask if anyone who has access to a better research
database can find any references. People are proposing that I shouldn't
be allowed to post this---even on the talk page---unless I've first dug
up solid references myself, because it's unsourced information that
would be libelous if false.
-Mark