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

[Matt Brown]

On 8/30/06, Anthony <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> Of course the fact that it's not useful information combined with the
> fact that it's almost never an easily verified fact is an equally good
> reason.

Agreed.  However, if the birthdate is already public information, I
see no point in censoring Wikipedia about it.  Verifiability works
quite well in this regard; if it's already in reliable source
material, then the cat is out of the bag and deleting it from
Wikipedia serves no practical good.

-Matt