[WikiEN-l] "Suicide methods" article

[The Cunctator]

On 4/16/07, Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) <newyorkbrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> During discussion of the deletion review for [[Darvon cocktail]] today on
> WT:DRV, it was mentioned that En-WP has an article called [[Suicide
> methods]].  After reading this article in detail, I have spent the morning
> contemplating whether I consider it acceptable that Wikipedia is
> disseminating this article on the Internet.  I have concluded that I do
> not.  In many respects, this article could be used as a how-to guide by
> someone contemplating suicide and/or could lead such a person to infer
> that
> suicide is a reasonable response to whatever may be bothering him or her.


So? The goal of Wikipedia is to disseminate knowledge, not to psychicly
predict the actions of every single person with web access.