[WikiEN-l] COO story now in major media

[G MZ]

Jimbo, you are one of the few people I know, who never learns from your own
mistakes. I don't particularly want to see a page on the woman either, bit
if you prevent one, the press will slaughter you and the project.

Giacomo

On Dec 22, 2007 4:05 PM, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:

> G MZ wrote:
> > While I would be the first to argue that one can't have a page on every
> > petty criminal in the world, it is going to be very odd if a page on
> this
> > woman is forbidden.  When the page happens, and it will happen, it might
> be
> > best if it is actually written by Jimbo.  No-one can accuse anyone of
> cover
> > ups then.
>
> I don't think it is very odd at all if we follow our normal editorial
> policies.  Writing an article... or failing to write an article... for
> PR reasons is not the Wikipedia way.  NPOV is non-negotiable.
>
> And following our normal policies, particular WP:BLP1E, there is just no
> way in hell we would have an article about her if it weren't for naval
> gazing, trolling, or some kind of attempt to manage PR.
>
> Normal Wikipedia policy would firmly forbid it.
>
> --Jimbo
>
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