On 23/05/07, Jeff Raymond jeff.raymond@internationalhouseofbacon.com wrote:
On Wed, May 23, 2007 12:16 pm, Fred Bauder wrote:
We are responsible for enforcing Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. The alternative is OFFICE which is unworkable. If any administrator deletes it and cites Biographies of living persons that is the end of it until the Arbitration Committee says the deletion was unfounded. Yes, you do defer to any administrator who deletes on that basis. However, they should be thoroughly familiar with the policy and be applying it correctly. If they habitually overreach they will soon be in trouble with us.
Under what policy or ArbCom principle is this?
In the wake of the [[Siegenthaler incident|Siegenthaler fuckup]], JImbo said "let us endeavour not to be dicks." And lo, WP:BLP was created, and phrased entirely in terms of the fundamental site content policies of Neutrality, Verifiability and No Original Research, all turned up to 11. And it was not perfect, but it was better than what came before. And editors who really couldn't tell encyclopedia writing from investigative journalism were sore amazed and pissy indeed. And too bad.
- d.