On 23/05/07, George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
I enthusiastically support the idea and written policy in WP:BLP. But I also think there are grey areas around the edges. No policy can be written to be explicit and broad enough to avoid having to interpret applicability for future situations which were unforseen or emergent. And the policy as written now has a lot of gaps in which ambiguity can be found.
That's why we err on the side of zapping. Because we don't have to have Wikipedia finished by tomorrow.
This does lead to content being removed that I for example think damn well belongs (well-documented and noteworthy nasty aspects of people who happen to be alive, leaving their articles somewhat whitewashed), but I can grit my teeth and leave it for now. Because the article will wait.
- d.