[WikiEN-l] COO story now in major media

[Rjd0060 -]

There needs to be some mention, somewhere.  SALTing the page isn't a
positive message either.  People are going to hear the story from another
news source, and then will come to Wikipedia to read more, and when they
search for Carolyn Doran, and get "*This page has been protected to prevent
creation"*, they will have their own thoughts of Wikipedia and the WMF,
which aren't going to be positive.

On Dec 22, 2007 11:38 AM, G MZ <solebaciato at googlemail.com> wrote:

> 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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