[WikiEN-l] Human dignity

[Alphax (Wikipedia email)]

Mark Gallagher wrote:
> G'day Anthony,
> 
>> Calling 911 to get a date is boneheaded.  Trying to force yourself
>> sexually onto a child is more than just boneheaded.
> 
> Writing an article to punish its subject is pretty boneheaded in itself. 
>   That the subject is "boneheaded" (or worse) is no reason to write a 
> bad article on someone, even people you think are attempted rapists.
> 
> We attempt to have neutral, unbiased articles about the utter dregs of 
> humanity, the worst scum the human race has produced.  We don't say 
> (sorry) "Mr Hitler was a bad man, so we don't need to follow NPOV" --- 
> we say "Let's write a good article about that Hitler chap, and be 
> watchful, because he was such a bad man that other people will no doubt 
> come along and try to POV-push there."  If we can do that for history's 
> greatest criminals, why are we even *thinking* of saying "Mr Peppers is 
> a bad man, so basic human dignity doesn't apply here"?
> 

Whatever happened to [[WP:HOLE]]? If the guy is completely unremarkable,
why should we have an article on him?

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