[Foundation-l] Informing BLP subjects

Yaroslav M. Blanter putevod at mccme.ru
Mon May 23 15:05:42 UTC 2011


On Mon, 23 May 2011 16:55:49 +0200, Peter Gervai <grinapo at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 16:46, WereSpielChequers
> <werespielchequers at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Re the idea of informing BLP subjects that we have a biography on them.
> 
> Most LPs would read such email as a request for editing, which is
> basically removing negative parts (regardless of its sourcing) and
> boosting positive parts, possibly include lots of irrelevant details.
> That is my _guess_, based on a specific LP I know [myself].
> 

I fully agree.

In addition, it is not clear how to identify an editor with the person the
article is about, and why the person (provided he/she is identified) should
have the priority in adding/removing info.

Cheers 
Yaroslav



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