On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:22:35 -0600, Bryan Derksen
<bryan.derksen(a)shaw.ca> wrote:
If you want to
propose being equally "ruthless" for fictional characters I want to see
a reason that's just as strong.
Sure. They are the number one source of original research, banned by
policy, and these articles have misled countless editors into
believing that (a) "I read it on teh internets" is adequate sourcing
and (b) we should tailor policy on verifiability, original research
and neutrality to ensure that these articles are not impacted.
I'd say that was a pretty bad - and pretty big - problem. BLP tends
to affect one individual badly but be easily, this affects a big chunk
of the project in a way which is making it actively worse because any
improvement to any article is resisted by reference to similar cruft
in another one.
Guy (JzG)
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