[WikiEN-l] A further descent into self-referential idiocy

[John Lee]

On 6/5/07, Sheldon Rampton <sheldon at prwatch.org> wrote:
>
> I think this incident can be addressed constructively in part by
> fleshing out the privacy provisions of BLP. Right now Wikipedia has a
> more elaborate privacy policy for Wikipedia editors than it does for
> people who happen to be the topic of articles. BLP mostly seems to
> focus on neutrality, verifiability and no original research. Some
> additional privacy clauses might include:
>
> (1) No publishing of personal contact information such as address or
> a phone number if there is any objection by the person profiled.


Why would an encyclopaedia be doing this anyway? I routinely remove such
information from articles, regardless of whether they are about living
people. Encyclopaedias are not directories or the Yellow Pages.

Johnleemk