[WikiEN-l] Defamation policy

[stevertigo]

--- Sarah <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
 
> The requirement not to move potentially defamatory material to talk
> pages is because they're cached by Google (and even if they weren't,
> they're read by a lot of people), and the point is to stop the spread
> of the defamation. 

In the context of WP:OFFICE, as well as more recently, Jimbo and others have 
written somethings about "hurt feelings," as if it was a policy ( WP:CODDLE 
maybe) which could circumvent even important policy ( WP:NPOV maybe). Could 
you explain this?

I agree with the idea of treating bios with care, but that does not necessarily
necessitate the use of an entirely different methodology than any other wiki 
page - including censoring talk pages. You may as well start a biowiki that 
operates under entirely different rules. 

Your characterisation of "the point" as being "to stop the spread of the 
defamation" is interesting in that, as you have formulated it, its quite 
easy to attack. Are there higher values being employed here other than 
WP:TEDDYBEAR, WP:ANTIDEFAMATION, and WP:THRONE ?

- stevertigo




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