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

Durova nadezhda.durova at gmail.com
Fri Jun 5 00:50:52 UTC 2009


Penicillin may be great for strep throat, but that's no argument against
chicken soup.  Especially when the pharmacy's supply of penicillin is in
back order. ;)

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Durova<nadezhda.durova at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> My concern is editors wasting their time and effort offering placebos
> when there is medicine to be made.
>
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