[WikiEN-l] Analysis of BLP issues (Jimmy Wales shouldreconsider)

[David Gerard]

On 22/04/07, James Farrar <james.farrar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 22/04/07, doc <doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> > > If no one else has ever published an article which is about the person, as opposed to mentioning them in some regard, that should be a clue.
> > > Fred

> > That would be another way to go. Unless there is a published biography
> > on the individual, our default is deletion. Again there will be
> > exceptions - but we could let afd sort that out. We just change the
> > default - you need a consensus for inclusion if there is no other
> > biography in publication.

> That seems like a sensible criterion - and there might be potential to
> extend that to classes of articles other than BLP.


The objection to this one is entrenching systemic bias.


- d.