On 7/18/06, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
So why don't we delete [[John Couey]] and all the others in [[Category:Convicted child sex offenders]]? Are we punishing them?
Presumably John Couey is a *notable* sex offender, although the article utterly fails to establish his notability.
Articles on notable sex offenders is totally within our mission.
In fact, who *can* we have an article about? Only people who give us permission? Or are there some people we're allowed to punish?
Those weren't serious questions were they? Punishment is *not* our goal. Writing the encyclopaedia is. Keep that in mind, and your way will become clearer.
As for providing details on the offence he committed, I most certainly don't think that's a violation of his privacy.
Depending on the exact case, I think it could be. Can you imagine having a whole paragraph to the article on a Nobel-prize winning physicist like "when Smith was 21, he was arrested for fondling the breasts of a 17-year old neighbour. According to the police report <500 word description of the entire saga>..."?
Steve