[WikiEN-l] Biography of Living persons

[David Gerard]

2008/12/29 Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) <newyorkbrad at gmail.com>:

>> Correct. Opt-out will violate NPOV.

> Why?


As answered by others, opt-out will select for whitewashes and publicity pieces.

BLPs have two problems:

1. Puff pieces.
2. Hack pieces.

We can't fix 2. by doing something that will bias to 1.

BLP does not and cannot override NPOV, or this isn't Wikipedia but
something else that isn't an NPOV encyclopedia.

Is it possible to write bios that are NPOV? Of course. Are there
strong forces pulling them away from being NPOV? You've got them right
here in this thread.


- d.