Okay, if I hav this straight, then wikipedia should not index the article, either. In other words, you would not find some people from their family name or stage name, unless they issue some form of approval. Those who are interested in getting their facts acceptable would know exactly where the article is, so they can keep working on it, and links to the subject from categories and from other articles would not function: You would still be able to get there if you type out the URL. The noindex and nofollow directives in a robots.txt file (and something like them on each web page in meta tags) are nearly standard, because some people want to keep their writing projects under the scrutiny of a few friends before any spider finds it.
A simpler option would be password-protecting an article, along with the names of people who can offer the password. Once you explain your purpose, you should be able to get the password by e-mail. There was once a popular disclaimer on web pages "Under Construction". It is almost certainly still around, because it is the nature of the web to provide volatile information or incorporate feedback.
So, the protection levels for an article COULD be: Deleted -- Subject made application to oversight committee. Protected -- sysop only. Moderated -- Edits go through moderators; identical to proxied edits. Password protected -- Primarily for biography under construction. Not Indexed -- Hard, and not impossible to find -- fails approval from subject. Semi-protected -- Contentious subjects demand a degree of identification. Open -- Not a debatable topic. (So far, nobody is trying to tell user:cluebot that wikipedia is not censored) _______ Yo momma so fat she had to go to Sea World to get baptized
"Durova" nadezhda.durova@gmail.com wrote in message news:a01006d90906041359p5465d053w10bdd7fffb71aa01@mail.gmail.com...
Hi all, in two years of looking for solutions to the BLP issues have finally stumbled upon an idea that hasn't been raised before. Basically it's this: *Suppose we noindexed biographies of living persons, upon the subject's request.* This would require developer assistance, and require a bit of structure to make sure the ability doesn't get misused. An initial draft proposal is at my blog. Am interested in thoughts and suggestions.
http://durova.blogspot.com/2009/06/biographies-of-living-persons-ingenius.ht...
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