On 7/17/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
On 7/17/06, Anthony <wikilegal(a)inbox.org>
wrote:
And it's not the way that I went. I
don't think any crime is
sufficient to overcome one's right to privacy, at least to some
extent. I do think the crime Peppers is convicted of is sufficient,
though.
Huh? Didn't he grope a nurse at his nursing home or something? Talk to
someone at works at these places, that's an everyday occurrence.
If it's an everyday occurrence, then do you really think that's what happened?
The person who made up the story about Peppers accidently groping a
nurse has admitted that it was a hoax.
Even if he was a rapist or child molester, I
don't see why his right to
privacy should necessarily be diminished - unless the Wikipedia
community takes it upon itself to decide that additional punishment
needs to be meted out to such people.
So why don't we delete [[John Couey]] and all the others in
[[Category:Convicted child sex offenders]]? Are we punishing them?
In fact, who *can* we have an article about? Only people who give us
permission? Or are there some people we're allowed to punish?
Sure, and
I think providing information about Brian Peppers does make
the encyclopedia better. But at the same time I think we have to
consider personal privacy issues. Both have to be present. Articles
have to make the encyclopedia better, but they also have to refrain
from violating the privacy rights of the subject.
I don't think that writing "Brian Peppers was an internet meme due to
his oversized head" is violating his privacy. Naming the nursing home
where he lives or providing details on the offence he committed could
be.
I don't think there's any reason to name which nursing home he lives
at, of course this information is relatively easy to find anyway.
As for providing details on the offence he committed, I most certainly
don't think that's a violation of his privacy.
Anthony
Anthony,
According to my interpretation of our guidelines, there should not be any articles on
individuals because they are child sex offenders. There needs to be some other reason for
their notability. I've not looked at these categories for a few months. When I was
regularly checking these categories, our articles followed WP:BLP. Meaning that indiviuals
that were notable but non-public figures were not included in the category.
Sydney