On 3/6/08, Philip Sandifer snowspinner@gmail.com wrote:
By the time a BLP flap gains any play it's already fixed, so it ends up looking like we're ninjas who can fix problems instantly.
"Gestapo" would have been my word of choice, but I'm colorful like that.
Notability is a case where press attention actually makes our handling of it worse, not better.
While I agree that "notability" issues are poorly handled as a rule, regardless, I would have to know the nature of the press attention in question to decide whether it is a factor in the poor handling of "notability" issues. Could you clarify?
—C.W.