Jimmy Wales wrote:
Yes! I see now that my earlier agreement with JayJG was a touch premature, as least to the extent that I agreed with what was probably a very short summary of his view.
Conviction is a sufficient standard. A lack of a conviction should strong predispose us against listing a person in this sort of category, but there could be other *clearly defined* criteria which would do work for us similar to a conviction.
The lynch mob mentality is worse than failing to have some criminals listed. Calling someone a 'criminal' is a contentious matter which ought to be done only very carefully, cautiously, and conservatively.
Moreover, practicality must reign. If the person is living and never sentenced to spend a day in jail for the crime, one minute on a list is too long. If someone is decades dead and buried, weeks of debate on talk pages to form consensus is probably fine.
Sydney