Was this change in public tone and approach to BLP, DRV, et al discussed anywhere beyond this mailing list and on-wiki? Any other maillists, or IRC? It seems that suddenly a collection of senior people that work together are all on a unified page on something which is going to be very contententious to many individuals. If this is the New Way, would one of you be so good as to specifically modify WP:BLP with these changes, to see if the community accepts them?
Regards, Joe http://www.joeszilagyi.com