On 8/29/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Our pop culture articles are rubbish, and they definitely need no more encouragement toward a hagiographic point of view.
Very much agreed. I am very against any suggestion that strongly sourced, accurate negative information that is relevant to the person's notability/notoriety should be removed from articles for 'sensitivity'.
I am in favor of being very tough about the 'well sourced' part, though, and about the notability of life details. Not everything about their private lives that has been e.g. dragged out in divorce court is really notable.
-Matt