On 07/10/2007, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 07/10/2007, Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The page, WP:BLP, says silence on positive
things. WP:BLP is not
policy, it's an imperfect description of policy.
Given that BLP was in effect imposed from above WP:BLP is a flawless
description of BLP at any given time. If you want to claim policy
describes practice you would first have to show community support for
BLP.
There may be some disagreement on individual cases, but I think people
do generally support BLP.
When was the
last
time you saw someone remove positive material from an article citing
BLP?
Generally I don't see people citing BLP around me.
Fair point.
The page talks
about "contentious material", how that is
interpreted, however (and it's the interpretation that is the policy,
not the words) is as "negative material".
By people who rather miss the point of wikipedia yes. What of it?
Whether or not you agree with it does not change the facts of the
matter. Wikipedia policy is determined by consensus, which, in
layman's terms, means it's determined by what actually happens.