The real problem is that people are perfectly willing to lie about
themselves. "I never slept with that woman." "I don't fund the Tea
Party."
"I'm not a hypocrite." etc. etc.
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Sarah <slimvirgin(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 05:38, Scott MacDonald
<doc.wikipedia(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
"It fails our reliable source
requirement."-- geni
Wow. Geni that's truly the remark that encapsulates exactly what's wrong
with BLPs, and the irresponsible attitude of Wikipedia.
Nevermind our many biased articles, factual errors, and stuff written
from
"reliable sources" (aka tabloid
sensationalist hatchet jobs), we can
dismiss
the subject trying to set our record straight
because it fails our
Scriptural requirement. That's Wikipedia's myopic fundamentalism taken to
its extreme.
Ever considered the requirements just might occasionally be screwed?
The requirements are good if people apply them properly.
Self-published material by living persons is allowed in their bios, so
long as -- we know they wrote it; it's not unduly self-serving; and
they're talking about themselves, not others. See [[WP:SPS]] and
[[WP:BLPSPS]].
_______________________________________________
WikiEN-l mailing list
WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l