On 7/14/06, Sydney aka FloNight poore5@adelphia.net wrote:
Angela, for example, is known for a small area of her life if we go by verifiable, reliable sources. For that reason the information is best covered in another article.
The thing is, Angela has gotten involved with a number of different things: Wikipedia/Wikimedia, Wikia, and Ourmedia (two non-profits and a for-profit, all of which are relatively well-known, and all of which have their own Wikipedia articles). I really don't think it makes sense to mention this in every single one of those articles - what makes sense is to have a single article which links to each.
Of course for dignity reasons, it is worse when the only thing that someone is famous for may be one small stupid mistake.
I think human dignity is certainly a factor, though I'd probably phrase it as right to privacy. In fact, the first time one particular article went up for deletion (I think it was Jimbo, but it might have been Angela), I voted to delete it out of respect for their wishes. Wikipedia/Wikimedia has gotten a lot bigger since then (I'm not even sure if the latter existed at the time), as has Wikia, and at this point I think the public right to know outweighs the individual right to privacy, at least so long as the article is kept narrow.
Anthony