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

[Fred Bauder]

>There's a perception that we're not reliable, and that we don't take
>sufficient editorial responsibility for the material produced by our
>thousands of anonymous editors. If we were to announce that we
>recognize biographical material on living persons is an area where the
>open-editing model can be inappropriate, and that therefore we're
>going to allow certain types of subjects to opt out, we'd be seen as
>responsible and self-regulating.

SlimVirgin gets it and comes through...

Fred