When the press talks about us, they do so because the things here are not important. When they talk about people who work here, they're doing so because nobody cares to know about them. NPOV, N, and RS for V don't apply to us, because nothing about us can be verified, nothing written about us by the press can be reliable, we know we're never going to be notable, and NPOV means we need to protect ourselves against visibility.
On 12/21/07, doc doc.wikipedia@ntlworld.com wrote:
Jimmy Wales wrote: it is just an embarassment and for
this poor woman, her rather sad life story is now in the Associated Press. But this whole thing is still amply covered by BLP1E and non-Wikipedia precedent and tradition.
I could not agree more. Indeed all mention of this incident can probably be expunged from wikipedia in about twelve months time.
However, and this is the catch 22, if our concern is that a "poor woman with a sad life story" be left alone then trying to prevent a bio may be completely counterproductive. As mush as I hate it, if someone in the community forces the issue (and I hope they don't), our only means for preventing such bio (and enforcing BLP1E, is either to have a wiki-drama and a high profile DRV or Jimmy publicly intervening. The is the real danger that either scenario will end up in another press run for trash like the Register.
Doc
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