On 30/04/07, Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) newyorkbrad@gmail.com wrote:
I can't agree with this. The other day, I created a biography article for an individual whose full name (including MI), date and place of death, and age at death I had. I used the SSDI to obtain the date of birth rather than leave a blank in the article, as I couldn't find it elsewhere. No rational policy would preclude using the records for something like this.
No, this is process worship in the pursuit of a ridiculous result. "Oh, we know the right answer, but we're going to pretend we don't so we can delete the article knowing it's the wrong thing to do."
- d.