[WikiEN-l] BLP Just a quikie

Tony Sidaway tonysidaway at gmail.com
Tue Jun 26 01:37:11 UTC 2007


On 6/26/07, michael west <michawest at gmail.com> wrote:
> WP:BLP seems to be the new crusade and of course I understand the reasons
> and largely support the concerns of BLP warriors. But aren't we going too
> far? The UK has a book called Who's Who?
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Whos-Who-2007/dp/0713675276 which lists everything
> about notable people (they have much stricter rules about notability than we
> do!) in the UK and Commonwealth right down to their address. Because its not
> online some BLP warriors have removed details listed from in articles. Are
> we only now to use online references on Wikipedia?

Listing somebody's full street address may not be appropriate for an
article on Wikipedia.  It depends on the context.



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