On 29/03/07, Ron Ritzman ritzman@gmail.com wrote:
On 3/28/07, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
Another thought: After this person dies would it then be fair game to add all of the personal stuff? And, would it now be OK to do so? And if so, why so?
I've been thinking about the same thing myself. Should BLP guidelines apply to the "recently deceased"? They are the most likely to have plenty of living relatives to get pissed at you and a lawsuit from someone's estate is just as bad as one from the someone.
You can't libel the dead, however pissed the estate is. (c.f. [[Bare-faced Messiah]].)
The issue is having a good encyclopedia article. In fact, the recently dead tend to have very good articles ... because the obituaries are great sources.
- d.