[WikiEN-l] defused timebomb

[Oldak Quill]

On 21/01/07, Pedro Sanchez <pdsanchez at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just blanked, and deleted
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_people_responsible_for_a_death
>
> We had names of many famous people, stating they were responsible for
> someone else dying.
> ** Not a single reference **
>
> I was told that I should have AFD it instead
>
> The potential for libel was huge, afd was likely to come as no
> consensus or delete.
> Wikimedia can't take the risk of being sued for the sake of process.
>
> So I deleted the entry to hide history, and drop a note stating should
> anybody readd content it must be with references.
>
> Probably many people will complain and ask for my head, just telling
> you people why I did it.

I don't think you did the *wrong* thing, but I think we should always
aim to stick to process. The fact that we have processes to delete
articles and to remove libelous content (OFFICE) should protect us. If
the risk was that great, I'm sure someone in the office would have
done something (perhaps you should have e-mailed?).

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Oldak Quill (oldakquill at gmail.com)