On 4/8/07, Jeff Raymond <jeff.raymond(a)internationalhouseofbacon.com> wrote:
Fred Bauder wrote:
It has been suggested that people who are not
particularly notable should have the option of requesting removal of their Wikipedia
biographies.
Horrid suggestion, and I disagree that the impact would be minimal. On
the contrary, it opens an entire can of worms and allows us to be
governed by trolls and trollish elements rather thatdoing what we're
supposed to be doing, building an encyclopedia.
Jeff, can you expand on how it would do that? As I see it, it might do
the opposite. Biographies of borderline notable people often either
languish unattended or are used as a platform by people with an axe to
grind.