[WikiEN-l] A new solution for the BLP dilemma

[Durova]

These policy pages seem to imply otherwise:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Presumption_in_favor_of_privacy
"Presumption in favor of privacy"

Wikipedia articles that present material about living people can affect
their subjects' lives. Wikipedia editors who deal with these articles have a
responsibility to consider the legal and ethical implications of their
actions when doing so. It is not Wikipedia's purpose to be sensationalist,
or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about
people's lives. Biographies of living persons must be written
conservatively, with regard for the subject's privacy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:DEL#Deletion_discussion

"Discussions on relatively unknown, non-public figures, where the subject
has requested deletion and there is no rough consensus may be closed as
delete."

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 2:40 PM, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2009/6/4 Durova <nadezhda.durova at gmail.com>:
> > Hi all, in two years of looking for solutions to the BLP issues have
> finally
> > stumbled upon an idea that hasn't been raised before. Basically it's
> this:
> > *Suppose we noindexed biographies of living persons, upon the subject's
> > request.* This would require developer assistance, and require a bit of
> > structure to make sure the ability doesn't get misused. An initial draft
> > proposal is at my blog. Am interested in thoughts and suggestions.
> >
> >
> http://durova.blogspot.com/2009/06/biographies-of-living-persons-ingenius.html
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Durova
>
> Been suggested before. Answer is either:
>
> No what search engines do with wikipedia content is none of our business.
>
> No the subjects of articles have no right to determine wikipedia behavior
>
> Of course it could also be argued that effectively making a public
> record of people who are sensitive about their bios it's exactly an
> improvement on the current situation.
>
> --
> geni
>
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