[WikiEN-l] Fwd: Opt Out for Not So Notable Biographies

[Anthony]

On 4/8/07, Steve Summit <scs at eskimo.com> wrote:
> Anthony wrote:
> > By that definition, are there any people who have articles, have
> > requested deletion, and are not ordinarily covered by the media?
>
> [[Seth Finkelstein]] springs immediately to mind.
>
Thanks.  With that link I found the page I thought I remembered:
[[Category:Biography_articles_of_living_people_who_have_requested_removal]]

Unfortunately, it seems to no longer be up to date.

Looking at the arguments made by Seth at
[[Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Seth_Finkelstein]], I think that
ethically, something should be done.  Maybe it'd be enough to
permanently protect articles like his.  This wouldn't be a solution
for DB or Angela though, as there is far too much potential for
conflict of interest.  Then again, maybe that's an article that
Wikipedia shouldn't have articles on DB or Angela (or Jimmy Wales) at
all, even if they don't request deletion, because there is too much
potential for a conflict of interest.

But then, if you delete the article on Angela and Jimbo, people like
Seth might complain about a double standard if his article merely gets
protected.

Anthony