On 26/06/07, michael west michawest@gmail.com wrote:
WP:BLP seems to be the new crusade and of course I understand the reasons and largely support the concerns of BLP warriors. But aren't we going too far? The UK has a book called Who's Who? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Whos-Who-2007/dp/0713675276 which lists everything about notable people (they have much stricter rules about notability than we do!) in the UK and Commonwealth right down to their address. Because its not online some BLP warriors have removed details listed from in articles. Are we only now to use online references on Wikipedia?
It is online - Xrefer, or whatever they've renamed themselves, do access. And there is nothing wrong with citing an offline source - though I find myself baffled why anything in Who's Who, an anodyne and effectively self-authored publication, could be considered contentious.
If people are being stupid and screaming "BLP", the fault is with the fact they're being stupid...