Ken Arromdee wrote:
It's like a BLP except that the subject isn't a person. The same problems come up--ultimately, if a city can't attract professionals because of a bad Wikipedia article, it's still real people being hurt in real-life ways by us. Just not one at a time. It's also like BLP in that the city's marginally notable and probably isn't on a lot of watchlists.
Maybe we should expand the BLP concept to include organizations, cities, etc.? Like BLP, it's most needed when the group is small. There won't be Biography of Living Organization problems on Coca-Cola any more than there will be BLP problems on Bill Gates. But BLO problems on small cities (or small companies, etc.) where the Wikipedia entry is the top search result, can wreak havoc.
[[WP:UNDUE]] should cover this. I wouldn't want a BLP analogy to settlements, because most major cities tend to have crime, simply because of the opportunities that exist; but to have an analogous policy for all settlements would seem to be over-egging the pudding somewhat.