Charles Matthews wrote:
(i) listings could quite possibly be defamatory (certainly hurtful), and are
Yeeeahhh... Being on the low end of the autism spectrum myself, and having suffered some rather nasty consequences as a result, I have to say I'd find being on a list of people on the autism spectrum to be about as hurtful as being on a list of people that don't think much of "fine art".
What I DO find hurtful is any implication that I SHOULD feel hurt by it.
made without any support;
Certainly any such list needs to have evidence to back it up, but I fail to see how that's any different than anything else in an encyclopedia in general and Wikipedia in particular.
If there's a problem with a specific article, take it up on the article's talk page; I don't see why this should be discussed on the mailing list (where, incidentally, not everyone is going to see it or be able to join in the discussion).