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

[Durova]

Um, that's an attempt at humor right?

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Jay Litwyn <brewhaha at freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
> wrote:

> Okay, if I hav this straight, then wikipedia should not index the article,
> either. In other words, you would not find some people from their family
> name or stage name, unless they issue some form of approval. Those who are
> interested in getting their facts acceptable would know exactly where the
> article is, so they can keep working on it, and links to the subject from
> categories and from other articles would not function: You would still be
> able to get there if you type out the URL. The noindex and nofollow
> directives in a robots.txt file (and something like them on each web page
> in
> meta tags) are nearly standard, because some people want to keep their
> writing projects under the scrutiny of a few friends before any spider
> finds
> it.
>
> A simpler option would be password-protecting an article, along with the
> names of people who can offer the password. Once you explain your purpose,
> you should be able to get the password by e-mail. There was once a popular
> disclaimer on web pages "Under Construction". It is almost certainly still
> around, because it is the nature of the web to provide volatile information
> or incorporate feedback.
>
> So, the protection levels for an article COULD be:
> Deleted -- Subject made application to oversight committee.
> Protected -- sysop only.
> Moderated -- Edits go through moderators; identical to proxied edits.
> Password protected -- Primarily for biography under construction.
> Not Indexed -- Hard, and not impossible to find -- fails approval from
> subject.
> Semi-protected -- Contentious subjects demand a degree of identification.
> Open -- Not a debatable topic.
> (So far, nobody is trying to tell user:cluebot that wikipedia is not
> censored)
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>
> "Durova" <nadezhda.durova at gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:a01006d90906041359p5465d053w10bdd7fffb71aa01 at mail.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
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