[WikiEN-l] Biography of Living persons

[WJhonson at aol.com]

<<In a message dated 12/28/2008 7:36:08 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
newyorkbrad at gmail.com writes:

But  this
response really does not sufficiently take into account the profound  impact
that our coverage has on the subjects of our  articles.>>
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And the counter-argument is, if someone has taken the step to become a  
public person, say the mayor of Santa Cruz, no one is to *blame* for that step  
except themselves.  If we then turn up an article from a newspaper 20 years  
earlier that states that they were arrested for three DUIs, well, again they did  
it.  The fact that we re-report it, and that we can collect it all together  
with other tidbits, into a biography, is the mere fact of our project to create 
 a biography on the person.
 
We aren't here to meekly parrot press releases, that would be a slap in the  
face of what creating an encyclopedia means.
 
The "profound impact" is merely that Sarah Palin doesn't want you to dig  
into her past as reported in reliable sources, once she has become a bigger name  
than merely the mayor of a tiny Alaskan town.  However we do, they do,  
that's the purpose of writing a biography. "This is your life" it's not our  fault 
you messed it up.  It is however our duty to report it.  History  is not 
always nice and sweet.
 
Will Johnson
 
 
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