[WikiEN-l] John Doolittle

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

Can I just re-inforce this statement, to the effect that removing
infomation is not the core policy of wikipedia, but neither is the
spread of disinformation. Puhlease keep the distinction clear.


On 10/17/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> Jeff Raymond wrote:
> > Seems like a balance issue rather than a BLP one, no?  The facts are the
> > facts, but given without proper expansion of other points doesn't create
> > a BLP issue.
>
> Without making any statement on this particular case, which I have not
> studied enough, I just wanted to point out that a balance issue can and
> often is a BLP issue.  Indeed, BLP issues are more often about balance
> than anything else.
>
> It is often that case that the worst bios of living people involve a
> skeleton bio with a huge puke of negative information (properly sourced)
> in the middle, so that the article as a whole is completely biased.
> Because of certain cultural norms against ever ever ever removing any
> precious little tidbit of information, despite it boring the reader to
> tears and being a form of attack and bias, it can be hard for people to
> combat it.
>
> Remember, NPOV is non-negotiable.  Wikipedia is not a data dump.
> Quality requires editorial judgment and good sense.
>
> --Jimbo
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