On 23/05/07, Joe Szilagyi szilagyi@gmail.com wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_May_23#Cryst...
Hah. I was going to post this one myself earlier. (I deleted the article. See my talk page for fun on the subject. It's a group of editors who can't distinguish between an encyclopedia and investigative journalism.
The article was deleted, and at least one ex-admin is rather vociferously stating that it was due to BLP concerns, such as, "Consensus does not govern Biographies of living personshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons." However, doesn't the decision *if* something violates BLP subject to consensus?
Not when "consensus" means "ten partisans voting 'bugger the rules' on a page somewhere."
Who gets to make 'final' decisions on whether an article violates BLP, to merit deletion?
We have a really harsh BLP policy for good, long and painful reason. But this question could do with addressing, so I flagged it as a matter of concern in the QZ arbitration.
The question is that both views are important. But is there any way to reconcile them?
- d.