[WikiEN-l] BLPs: Wikipedia entry nearly scuppers rugby player's career

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

Andrew Gray wrote:
> 2008/10/2 Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) <newyorkbrad at gmail.com>:
>   
>> There is, or certainly should be, at a minimum, a policy and spirit of "do
>> no UNNECESSARY or UNJUSTIFIED harm."  And I believe that in fact, there is.
>> Of course, it's the question of what is unnecessary or unjustified that
>> raises the most serious ethical quandaries.
>>     
>
> "Do no harm for the sake of doing harm" covers it, I suppose.
>
> But then, that falls under the all-time number-one guideline in this
> field: "don't be a dick"...
>
>   
Actually, historically, "don't be such a cunt" trumps that
easily. We really don't need to get into measurement
contests, nor irritation contests, nor "bon mot" contests.

Really that furthers nothing. And I explicitly include here
contests on who can be more aggrieved or insulted by
verbiage on the mailing lists. Come on, be adults.


Yours,

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen