[WikiEN-l] Wikisource?

jf_wikipedia jf_wikipedia at mac.com
Fri Jun 15 04:12:33 UTC 2007


In en-wiki we are making good progress in addressing BLP concerns  
related to non-notable individuals, as well as being very cautious  
about using primary sources that have not been described in secondary  
sources (such as court documents) in BLPs of notable individuals. But  
what about Wikisource?

Currently there is no exclusionary criteria in Wikisource that will  
limit contributors into adding  material such as civil cases court  
rulings, including divorce proceedings,  bankruptcy cases, and other  
such disputes.

As it stands know, an editor can upload a bunch of court documents to  
Wikisource, link these Wikisource pages back to Wikipedia articles  
and add a links to Wikisource to WP articles via the {{sisterlinks}}  
or {{wikisource}} templates.

Material that would not have been acceptable to include in a BLP,  
either as text or as an EL, by virtue of the lack of a consistent  
exclusionary policy in Wikisource, and relative low number of  
contributors and admins that monitor material there, is now bypassing  
all these BLP protection measures we have in place.

Any thoughts?


-- Jossi





More information about the WikiEN-l mailing list