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

[Fred Bauder]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Raymond [mailto:jeff.raymond at internationalhouseofbacon.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 01:02 PM
>To: 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] BLP, and admin role in overriding community review
>
>
>On Wed, May 23, 2007 11:55 am, Fred Bauder wrote:
>>>So you're essentially saying that an administrator can remove an article
>>>completely from view of anyone else, claim BLP regardless of whether
>>> there
>>>was a violation, and we simply have to live with it until ArbCom gets
>>>around to it? Your prior comments seem to indicate that a DRV of the
>>>material would not be appropriate, after all, and it's not like anyone's
>>>actually allowed to review it.
>>
>> You have correctly restated my position. However an administrator who
>> repeatedly does this when there are no violations is going to eventually
>> get his ears pinned back.
>
>You do realize that there's nothing in BLP policy to support this,
>correct? This might be the most insane thing I've ever read on this list.
>
>Is ArbCom prepared to dive into content disputes regarding BLPs?
>
>-Jeff


If we do not enforce our policies we effectively change them. Biographies of living persons is a vital policy.

Fred