On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 7:24 PM, George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
Under existing BLP and notability policy, we have criteria for article existence/non-existence. If the subject makes or can be helped to articulate a case under that policy that they shouldn't have an article, then the reasonable thing to do is to run it up the AFD flagpole and see if others agree. If they object but can't make a case under the policy, then it's a case of trying to make sure they understand Wikipedia's goals and policies and standards, even if they end up disagreeing with some of them. ...
George, the point is some people don't want to have a relationship with us, and I don't think we should force them.
Please imagine how you would feel if Facebook opened an account under your real name, against your wishes, then added to the page whatever factoid it could find about you in local papers and records, and even wanted to track down your birth certificate and use Freedom of Information against you. Then when you explained it was making you ill, Facebook staff appeared on the page, called you an idiot in public, and said your complaints had succeeded only in drawing more attention to you.
That's basically what we're doing to people, and as with all things reactions differ. Some are flattered, some don't mind, and some get upset. It's not for us to say which reaction is correct, and that the upset people are being irrational.
Sarah