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

[Joe Szilagyi]

On 5/23/07, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at waterwiki.info> wrote:
>
> Perhaps invocation of BLP was inappropriate, if it was invoked. I'm not
> sure about the whole matter myself, but it seems that the person is not
> notable in herself.


That's a funny chestnut with BLPs, however. "Person is only notable for one
thing, not in of themselves". [[John Mark Karr]] for example is only known
for confessing to have killed Jon Bonet Ramsey, and his subsequent public
oddness. Jeffrey Dahmer is only known famously as a result of his
interesting dietary preferences and their fallout. This lady is known
internationally for starting a huge media circus with apparently false
allegations--like Karr did essentially.

Notable in herself (no pun intended) I can see applying to Paris Hilton, but
everyone else's notability all spawns from generally one key point in their
history and some point in time.

Regards,
Joe
http://www.joeszilagyi.com