Can I just re-inforce this statement, to the effect that removing infomation is not the core policy of wikipedia, but neither is the spread of disinformation. Puhlease keep the distinction clear.
On 10/17/06, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
Jeff Raymond wrote:
Seems like a balance issue rather than a BLP one, no? The facts are the facts, but given without proper expansion of other points doesn't create a BLP issue.
Without making any statement on this particular case, which I have not studied enough, I just wanted to point out that a balance issue can and often is a BLP issue. Indeed, BLP issues are more often about balance than anything else.
It is often that case that the worst bios of living people involve a skeleton bio with a huge puke of negative information (properly sourced) in the middle, so that the article as a whole is completely biased. Because of certain cultural norms against ever ever ever removing any precious little tidbit of information, despite it boring the reader to tears and being a form of attack and bias, it can be hard for people to combat it.
Remember, NPOV is non-negotiable. Wikipedia is not a data dump. Quality requires editorial judgment and good sense.
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