2009/6/4 Durova nadezhda.durova@gmail.com:
Hi all, in two years of looking for solutions to the BLP issues have finally stumbled upon an idea that hasn't been raised before. Basically it's this: *Suppose we noindexed biographies of living persons, upon the subject's request.* This would require developer assistance, and require a bit of structure to make sure the ability doesn't get misused. An initial draft proposal is at my blog. Am interested in thoughts and suggestions.
http://durova.blogspot.com/2009/06/biographies-of-living-persons-ingenius.ht...
Best regards, Durova
Been suggested before. Answer is either:
No what search engines do with wikipedia content is none of our business.
No the subjects of articles have no right to determine wikipedia behavior
Of course it could also be argued that effectively making a public record of people who are sensitive about their bios it's exactly an improvement on the current situation.