[WikiEN-l] Biography of Living persons

[toddmallen]

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)
<newyorkbrad at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Correct. Opt-out will violate NPOV.
>> - d.
>>
>
> Why?
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Because then the subject of any given biography can say "Remove the
parts I don't like or I'll request opt-out." In essence, it means we
can only have hagiographies approved by subjects and/or their PR
department. We should be careful to impeccably source and duly weight
negative or controversial information, and note that it is in dispute
if it is. We should -not- remove it upon request if this is done.

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