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

[Thomas Dalton]

> There is not such thing as an "exceptional alcoholic" - a person either is,
> or they are not. It's like calling someone an "exceptional diabetic".

I disagree. An alcoholic whose alcoholism has never resulted in
anything notable happening would be unexceptional from the point of
view of writing an article about one whereas someone that's been
constantly in the headlines because of the alcoholism would be very
exceptional.