[WikiEN-l] An example of a bad biography

[WJhonson at aol.com]

Saying that things in BLPs "hurts people" only furthers the idea that that  
is what we're avoiding.  It's a simplistic approach to a complex  issue.
 
Things that we re-report, summarize, etc in BLP's is sometimes going to  hurt 
people.  We've been over this ground before.  Not only people who  do stupid 
things (like murder, rape, etc.), but people who are mentioned  nationally 
doing embarrassing things as well.
 
Our mission is not to protect people from themselves.  That is *their*  
mission.
Our mission is to rely on reliable, verifiable sources to tell the public  
what *is* going on.
 
Hiding half the world, from the world, does not help our project.  It  makes 
us look like censors.
 
Will Johnson



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