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

[Todd Allen]

Fred Bauder wrote:
>   
>> -----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:
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>>     
>>> 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
>>     
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> Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons
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> Fred
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Is ArbCom now doing content decisions? I think at the very least that's
something the community should be notified about, even if not given the
opportunity to discuss, that's a -major- change in the ArbCom's area of
authority.

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