On 15/04/07, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
On 4/15/07, Anthony wrote:
I think he was talking about user pages. If a Wikipedian wants to put their phone number on their user page, to help people contact them, should we stop them?
No, and we shouldn't stop them if they change their mind either. We should if it's relevant article content, but personal details like phone numbers and addresses should always be removed if the person it applies to asks for it to be done.
Sometimes. I certainly have many books where the author clearly tells the reader that he may send comments about the book to a specified address, which happens to be his home address. These are often not particularly contentious matters, but they do give the address.
Bear in mind that we pretty much never include basic contact information even for companies or physical locations, which are places that actively publicise it - we'll say the museum or gallery is located in such-and-such city, or maybe if it's a landmark we'll say it's on such-and-such a street in the centre of town, or what district it's in... but we'll do that as part of the routine flow of text about the building. We don't give a phone number or postal address in the same way editorial common sense tells us not to include ticket prices and hours of admission.
I have a hard time seeing where detailed contact or locational information - any more than "lives in central New York" - is ever going to be appropriate for someone whose residence isn't a household word.