On 7/13/06, Erik Moeller eloquence@gmail.com wrote:
Jimmy, I think this is a case where your famous divine intervention might be helpful to establish a general principle, so I'd appreciate your input.
We have Angela (Beesley) on AfD now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Angela_Beesley_...
Two comments:
- Imagine the field day the press and Wikipedia pundits will have -- seasoned Wikipedians get special treatment on the "NPOV" encyclopedia. Apparently, neutral only applies to the rabble. Is there really no cabal?
- Why isn't semi-protection, or even full protection, adequate? The first line in the AfD is, "I'm sick of this article being trolled. It's full of lies and nonsense." Why not just lock it down. As others have mentioned, Angela is co-founder of Wikia, has been a high profile international evangelist for Wikipedia and historically, still notable as serving on the first Wikimedia board.
As someone penning a book about Wikipedia and its history, including the creation of Wikimedia Foundation, you can imagine my feelings on this.
Please don't take this to mean bio subjects should be left out to hang in the wind. But this would set a bad precedent in terms of consistency. And Wikipedia would get criticism for it, and deservedly so.
-Andrew (User:Fuzheado)