On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Phil Nashpn007a2145@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
I guess it would also be feasible and helpful if BLPs were highlighted on the usual Watchlist interface too? (Turn on and off-able in preferences, perhaps?)
That would not be feasible, because any edit to any article can have [[WP:BLP]] consequences; consider, for example, an addition to [[Watermelon]] that said "<name of schoolmate> of <smalltown, Kansas> is allergic to melons because they turn him into a pedophile";
Ha ha, I like the way you think :o)
However, we do have [[Category:Living people]], so if we had those highlighted on Watchlists and in editing tools, that would surely help the cause, no? And it could be a choice in prefs or in the tool whether you want that function?
It can't catch all BLP problems as you've so wonderfully illustrated. But it can show us a worthwhile subset, don't you reckon?