[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 01:22 PM
>To: 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] BLP, and admin role in overriding community review
>
>
>On Wed, May 23, 2007 12:16 pm, Fred Bauder wrote:
>
>> We are responsible for enforcing Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons.
>> The alternative is OFFICE which is unworkable. If any administrator
>> deletes it and cites Biographies of living persons that is the end of it
>> until the Arbitration Committee says the deletion was unfounded. Yes, you
>> do defer to any administrator who deletes on that basis. However, they
>> should be thoroughly familiar with the policy and be applying it
>> correctly. If they habitually overreach they will soon be in trouble with
>> us.
>
>Under what policy or ArbCom principle is this?
>
>-Jeff


Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons

Fred