On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Ian Woollard ian.woollard@gmail.com wrote:
You can't force a genie back into a bottle, but in many cases the genie will tend to fade once released, and this should not be prevented by the wikipedia.
I think any fading is less and less likely over time, as more newspapers make their archives publicly accessible and searchable as the New York Times does now.
While I'm sympathetic to privacy concerns, I don't think that this is a valid argument; we are headed towards a state where every piece of information is findable with a Google search. Basing our policies on this is not, IMO, sensible.
-Matt