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

[Durova]

The proposal is to noindex upon the subject's request.  Isn't it best to let
the people who live with the consequences weigh those pros and cons?  If the
main thing they want is to get Wikipedia off the top Google result, then it
may be worth it to them.  On principle, I'm not keen on paternalism.

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Durova<nadezhda.durova at gmail.com> wrote:
> > *Suppose we noindexed biographies of living persons, upon the subject's
> > request.*
>
> As has been already mentioned, this has all been discussed before, but:
>
> NOINDEXing BLPs does nothing to stop vandalism of them. All it can
> hope to do is sweep it under the rug, which is exactly the wrong thing
> to do, as vandalism can only be fixed once it has been noticed. The
> Siegenthaler incident was so bad because the vandalism went unnoticed
> (or at least, uncorrected) for so long.
>
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Durova<nadezhda.durova at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Presumption_in_favor_of_privacy
> > "Presumption in favor of privacy"
>
> Those ideas are about what types of content are accepted into BLPs
> (and what types of sources are used), and under what circumstances
> will we have or not have a BLP. Anyone who cares about these issues
> should put their efforts into working on those ideas, as well as on
> ideas about improving dealing with vandalism as it happens, instead of
> working towards futile obfuscation.
>
> Incidentally, NOINDEXing requires no developer assistance:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:NOINDEX
>
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