[WikiEN-l] BLP, and admin role in overriding community review

[Fred Bauder]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joe Szilagyi [mailto:szilagyi at gmail.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:44 PM
>To: 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] BLP, and admin role in overriding community review
>
>On 5/23/07, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at waterwiki.info> wrote:
>>
>> If the person removing or deleting material asserts Biography of living
>> persons as a basis then that policy rules until there is community consensus
>> or an Arbitration Committee decision to the contrary.
>
>
>What venue is appropriate for community consensus to form? DRV? Only ArbCom?
>Something that non-admins can fully participate in?
>
>The other issue is that on DRV, individuals are simply saying "This is over.
>'We' have decided." Who is 'we' and why are they empowered to supercede
>decisions or views by any others?
>
>
>Regards,
>Joe
>http://www.joeszilagyi.com

The appropriate venue is dispute resolution. DRV cannot override a deletion made on the basis of Biographies of living persons. At least that is my position, until corrected by the rest of the Arbitration Committee.

Fred