[WikiEN-l] WP:LIVING and "sensitivity" again

[Steve Bennett]

On 8/30/06, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> The *what*? That's bloody stupid.

Fortunately it seems to have been removed. It read thusly:

Privacy of birthdays

Wikipedia includes exact birthdates for some famous people, but
including this information for most living people should be handled
with caution. While many well-known living persons' exact birthdays
are widely known and available to the public, the same is not always
true for marginally notable people or non-public figures. With
identity theft on the rise, it has become increasingly common for
people to consider their exact date of birth to be private
information. When in doubt about the notability of the person in
question, or if the subject of a biography complains about the
publication of his or her date of birth, err on the side of caution
and simply list the year of birth rather than the exact date.

Steve