[WikiEN-l] Human dignity

[Bryan Derksen]

Jimmy Wales wrote:
> I would vote "delete, nn - human dignity".  A full explanation would be:
> For goodness sake, leave the poor woman alone.

I would support deleting an article about the incident you describe
purely on the basis that it falls below even my rather inclusive
"notability" standards, rendering your question moot.

Assuming for purposes of argument that there was reason that this
incident _was_ notable, however, I wouldn't accept an argument for
deletion solely on the basis of "human dignity." Our other policies and
guidelines will ensure that the article ultimately only contains
information that is commonly available anyway. Removing her article from
Wikipedia would do nothing to help "leave her alone" and it would harm
Wikipedia's coverage of a notable event, so IMO it'd be a solid net
negative.

I don't even see what's so undignified about this particular incident
that anyone would argue it on that basis in the first place. Everyone
does boneheaded things from time to time.

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