[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia slags off Palmerston North

[Phil Nash]

Ken Arromdee wrote:
>> It's like a BLP except that the subject isn't a person.  The same
>> problems come up--ultimately, if a city can't attract professionals
>> because of a bad Wikipedia article, it's still real people being
>> hurt in real-life ways by
>> us.  Just not one at a time.  It's also like BLP in that the city's
>> marginally notable and probably isn't on a lot of watchlists.
>>
>> Maybe we should expand the BLP concept to include organizations,
>> cities, etc.? Like BLP, it's most needed when the group is small.
>> There won't be
>> Biography of Living Organization problems on Coca-Cola any more than
>> there will be BLP problems on Bill Gates.  But BLO problems on small
>> cities (or small companies, etc.) where the Wikipedia entry is the
>> top search result, can wreak havoc.

[[WP:UNDUE]] should cover this. I wouldn't want a BLP analogy to 
settlements, because most major cities tend to have crime, simply because of 
the opportunities that exist; but to have an analogous policy for all 
settlements would seem to be over-egging the pudding somewhat.