[WikiEN-l] [WikiEn-l] Another BLP deletion... Why?

[Jon]

Nathan wrote:
> There is yet another deletion debate ongoing about a BLP article, but I
> think this is by far the highest profile BLP anyone has tried to delete
> simply because the subject is upset about the content. So far, the hyperbole
> has focused on how Wikipedia is theoretically causing harm to this
> individual. I can't see it. This is a high profile guy who seems to
> consistently angle for an ever higher profile, with a great deal of coverage
> in the press and a very significant talkpage presence aimed entirely at
> keeping the article in line with the BLP policy. If we don't report anything
> that hasn't already been written by a few very mainstream newspapers, how
> are we causing harm? All of the information is readily available, and anyone
> who searches for his name will find both the Wikipedia article and every
> critical article every written about him.
>
> So he's a very wealthy lawyer and today he posted a document that purports
> to be a letter to the WMF auditing firm, and the letter claims that he has
> filed cases against a group of editors, the individual members of the Board,
> Wikimedia Foundation and even Wikia. Let me ask, then. No one who has been
> editing the article is unaware of the risk in this case, so for whose
> benefit do we capitulate to his threats? Do we really want to get in the
> habit of deleting articles of fairly famous individuals based on a threat?
> You'll note that the current complaint is pretty baseless. He was happy with
> the article a few weeks back, and hardly a single thing has changed about it
> since then. It is only the risk of having a group of editors on the page who
> aim to create a truly representative article that has caused him to step up
> the pace of intimidation. I think that is what we ought to want, but
> apparently others disagree. So if there is a new consensus about this, I'd
> like to see someone add it to WP:BLP.
>
> Nathan
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Perhaps we should centralize this comment/discussion on the AFD instead 
of decentralizing it to the discussion AND list.  Would you consider 
duplicating your comment there?  It makes sense, I think it would add to 
the discussion.


Warmly,

Jon