On 31 Mar 2007 at 18:16, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
geni wrote:
On 3/30/07, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
geni wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28news%29#Robert_Mugabe...
So that's the best example I have seen in a while.
BLP won't solve that problem.
This is exactly the kind of negative information without valid sources that I am strongly encouraging people to remove on sight. So, except for unrealistic definitions of the word "solve", I think BLP does in fact help a great deal.
Saying that somebody's daughter is attending a prestigious educational institution isn't obviously, intrinsically, negative, without more context about the complex political issues involved in this case. And determining that the sources given here are invalid takes a bit of (unoriginal?) research. Thus, this is the sort of thing that can easily survive a superficial look, even under a regime requiring strict sourcing of negative information on living persons.