[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia:News suppression (was: News agencies are not RSs)

[Ken Arromdee]

On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 WJhonson at aol.com wrote:
> "Protecting people" is really very broad isn't it?
>  
> How about "If the publication of certain information on a subject would  
> lead a reasonable person to believe that it poses a credible threat to the  
> subject's life."
> Much narrower.

For IAR, it's also much too long.  You've tripled its length.

IAR currently reads:

If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it.

We just need to phrase it so that you can ignore rules for purposes other
than improving or maintaining Wikipedia.  Exact details aren't needed, as
long as that restriction is removed.