On 10 Apr 2007 at 19:17, "Daniel R. Tobias" <dan(a)tobias.name> wrote:
What would be the notability there? Merely entering
(and even
winning) a wet T-shirt competition doesn't seem to be sufficient
notability to justify an article, since there are probably
thousands
of girls in a similar situation.
Precisely. If the encyclopedia allows such articles to be posted, then
it opens the door wide open for abuse. Years later that woman or her
husband may be standing for election or campaigning against
environmental damage or fighting corruption or whatever. Her wealthy
opponents can blackmail her into silence, and thereby badly damage
democracy, by the use of Wikipedia. (Because, make no mistake, it's
wealthy people who find ways to protect themselves from this stuff and
dig it up against their opponents).
I'm not sure of the complete answer (and I'm sure there are others
much better qualified to speak than me). But I'd have thought that, as
a rule of thumb, only people truly notable, and in some "notorious"
fashion, should have this kind of trivial material added to their
biographies. In most cases if people ask to have their biographies
taken down, or "titillating" material removed, then we should do so.
Otherwise, the likes of Daniel Brandt are indeed going to target
people within Wikipedia, with equally unpredictable but harmful effects.
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