Everyone, thank you SO much for all the wonderful & supportive advice. I've forwarded it on to my colleague, and she's *extremely* appreciative. We had no idea there were so many resources available for these situations.
I didn't identify her at first because I wasn't sure how comfortable she was being a test case on a public listserv, but I did get permission from her this morning, since a couple of folks asked. Here's her page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Valenti
There's nothing egregious going on right now (tho lord knows we'd all love for the Althouse incident to be rounded out by other stuff, since it was what many consider an "insider baseball" moment); I'm also taking this opportunity to show her some of the do's and don'ts that I'm familiar with. We're also keeping an eye on a user that's been editing her page for years, adding random, unrelated negative attack pieces (which have since been edited out over time).
Random technical question on sources: there are calls for citations on the page to which there aren't really the technical "reliable sources." (i.e., her high school-- does that belong there at all? And the birth of her daughter, plus its complications.)
Thanks again for all your help. Really glad to be a part of this list/community.
cheers dz
The name of the high school is trivial and hardly needs a source, as surely she would object, or could change it herself, if it is not correct. She has created an account and made some edits on the talk page of the article. I've left a note on her user talk page about the baby's name, details of birth, and medical condition.
I'm already having trouble with the editor spoken of...
Fred