[WikiEN-l] Human dignity

[Sydney aka FloNight]

---- Fred Bauder <fredbaud at ctelco.net> wrote: 
> 
> On Jul 14, 2006, at 5:01 PM, Jimmy Wales wrote:
> 
> > imagine if
> > someone were to write a Wikipedia article using precisely the  
> > (daft, if
> > you ask me) arguments that Anthony DiPierro has been using.  It is a
> > confirmable story, we do know a number of fairly trivial facts about
> > her, and... we might imagine... this *could* become an idiotic short
> > lived meme
> 
> The worst aspect of this is that there is no way to flesh out the  
> woman's humanity. It is doubtful any other published information exists.
> 
> Fred

Fred,

That is exactly the point that I try to get across when we deal with people that are notable for one small area of there life. WP:BLP trys to deal with this idea of different levels of notability.

Angela, for example, is known for a small area of her life if we go by verifiable, reliable sources. For that reason the information is best covered in another article. 

Of course for dignity reasons, it is worse when the only thing that someone is famous for may be one small stupid mistake.

Sydney