In the end, BLP is not one of our five pillars. The fact that we are an encyclopedia is. bibliomaniac15 --- On Sun, 12/28/08, Jon <scream(a)datascreamer.com> wrote: From: Jon <scream(a)datascreamer.com> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Biography of Living persons To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Date: Sunday, December 28, 2008, 6:57 PM -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I just want to throw this onlist *before* doing anything on wiki to see what kind of thoughts are out there. I would be interested in an extension of the BLP policy to go as far as, those who explicitly op out, can have their biography removed for the duration of their life. This I base on the number of complaints on site and off site (via our otrs mechanism, for example). Keep in mind, the English Wikipedia will be around for ages. Thoughts? Best, Jon- _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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

In the end, BLP is not one of our five pillars. The fact that we are an encyclopedia is.

And like anything on Wikipedia, "subject to change". Who says we can't have Six Pillars?

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 6:42 AM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 2008/12/29 Joe Szilagyi <szilagyi(a)gmail.com>om>:

>> And like anything on Wikipedia, "subject to change". Who says we can't >> have Six Pillars?

> I'm thinking now of the scene in Robocop 2 where they come up with 347 > basic directives for Robocop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/ED-209

In the end, BLP is not one of our five pillars. The fact that we are an

bibliomaniac15

In the end, BLP is not one of our five pillars. The fact that we are an encyclopedia is. bibliomaniac15