[WikiEN-l] defused timebomb

[Fred Bauder]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Raymond [mailto:jeff.raymond at internationalhouseofbacon.com]
>Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 08:57 PM
>To: 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] defused timebomb
>
>Ken Arromdee wrote:
>> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007, Jeff Raymond wrote:
>>> Meanwhile, I've already restored about 5 of those in the article, and 
>>> I'll try to get to more later.  a quick post somewhere saing "we know 
>>> these things are true, can we find sources" and it'd be done in 5 
>>> minutes.  Instead, knee-jerk reaction time, whee!!!
>> 
>> It isn't knee jerk reaction time, it's [[WP:BLP]] time.
>
>There's a difference?
>
>-Jeff

If a person is familiar with [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons]] and knows how it ought to be applied in various situations, they may act swiftly and appropriately. Such behavior is to be distinguished from simple knee-jerk deletetion of drama. Well-sourced reports of dramatic events are quite acceptable on Wikipedia.

Fred