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

[Ken Arromdee]

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, FT2 wrote:
> > Our BLP rules are *really important*.
> 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."

A random BLP subject isn't going to understand Wikipedia polices.  Which also
means he isn't going to understand that "undue weight" is a legitimate
complaint.  He's just going to assume that as long as the article is factual,
there's nothing he can do about it.

It's our responsibility to read between the lines and figure out that he
has something to complain about, even if (due to lack of knowledge) he doesn't
know it.

I'd read "it's all behind me now" as "the material that is mentioned is no
longer important", which is implicitly an accusation of undue weight.