Travis Mason-Bushman wrote:
Who are we kidding, anyway?
Let's be honest - Wikipedians are only kidding themselves. You are dealing with systematic problems for which there is no easy fix. Probably no fix at all. Oh, sure, one could suspend editing on potential BLP articles, and make them editable only by sysops or established users. but then Wikipedia would cease to be Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia That Anyone Can Edit.
Wikipedia critics have been pointing this out ever since the Seigenthaler incident. Before that, actually. Good luck fixing the problem. You'll need it.