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

[Philip Sandifer]

On Sep 30, 2008, at 4:44 PM, FT2 wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:59 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.rugbyheaven.com.au/news/news/unflattering-wiki-entry-puts-italy-coach-off-gower/2008/09/28/1222540247240.html
>>
>> Our BLP rules are *really important*.
>>
>>
>> - d.
>>
>
> In fact they are important, but on reading it looks like we got it  
> right. No
> comment in the entire article as to error orundue emphasis, the  
> subject is
> reported as saying "[The Wikipedia entry] might not make for good  
> reading,
> but that's all behind me now."

Looking at the article as of the beginning of the month, it was half  
Gower's rugby career, half his alcoholism.

I suspect that this is not, in fact, a reasonable weighting of the  
issues surrounding him. Unless he was a really, really exceptional  
alcoholic.

-Phil