On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:25:38 -0500, Sarah slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
The difference between Clinton's saxaphone playing and this situation is that the mention of the former is not harmful to Clinton; and the difference between a politician whose career is ruined by a scandal is that it'll have attached itself to his name, whereas in GLF's case, that appears not to be the case.
Wikipedia doesn't benefit from including the information about GLF, but he will be harmed if we do. Therefore, we ought not to. Fairness is as important as accuracy when writing about living people, if not more so.
He left the Monday Club after being convicted of theft from a health authority. Without that information his leaving makes no sense.
Not only that, precedent for mentioning the case is already there - GLF's fan club included it, albeit with a lie about his having been cleared on appeal.
Guy (JzG)