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

[Daniel R. Tobias]

On 22 Apr 2007 at 16:33:50 -0400, "Jeff Raymond" 
<jeff.raymond at internationalhouseofbacon.com> wrote:

> An entire biographical article on Michael Richards balanced too far on the
> n-word incident, or the Alec Baldwin thing from this week, yeah, there's
> an issue.  What about the astronaut who went cross country in an alleged
> attempt to murder her jilted lover?  Guess what - her biography's going to
> be based on that one incident, no matter what the eventual outcome.  This
> isn't a bad thing, either - it's simply reality.

And those examples are actually ones that are more favorably disposed 
towards having relatively balanced bios, given that they (Richards, 
Baldwin, and whatzhername the astronaut) actually did have bios 
before their respective incidents due to their general notability in 
their professions.  People who were completely unknown until an 
incident erupts around them have even less shot at balance, and it 
would make more sense to title the article after the incident rather 
than the person (assuming the incident is notable enough for an 
article at all).

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