[WikiEN-l] Living people patrol

[Keith Old]

On 7/22/06, daniwo59 at aol.com <daniwo59 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> The following is a proposal that I would like to set forth.
>
> Based on phone calls to the office and OTRS, it seems to me that one of
> our
> biggest problems remains Living People. This has several sides to it:
>
> 1. People who have nonsense added to their articles.
> 2. People who have  articles but shouldn't.
> 3. People who want their articles deleted.
> 4.  People insisting that we create articles about them.
> 5. PR agencies adding  crud to articles about their clients.
> 6. Other.
>
> RC Patrol is doing a phenomenal job, but the fact is that the task is
> overwhelming. We are getting close to 2 edits a second, i.e., over 100
> edits a
> minute, and we are still growing. While it is possible to remove the
> obvious
> crap, more subtle problems may be sneaking in.
>
> I would therefore like to suggest a separate division of the RC Patrol
> called The Living People Control. They would be charged with tagging
> new  articles
> in Recent Changes with Living People when appropriate (and
> removing  people
> when dead), and for reviewing the Living People category specifically
> [
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Category%3
> ALiving_people  here].
>
> Obviously, this is only a suggestion. I would like to know what
> people  think.
>
> I have also created a page about this at [[Wikipedia:Living
> people  patrol]]
>
> Danny
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Danny,

That sounds like a good idea.

I currently keep a close eye on deaths so I can certainly help out there. I
have nominated myself on the page

Regards


Keith Old
User:Capitalistroadster