[WikiEN-l] "Wikipedia committee member"

[David Gerard]

On 29 August 2010 17:16, Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Does no-one want to discuss whether the ending of the Mousetrap play
> This is not an invitation to revive the whole spoiler debate, but this
> situation is slightly different in that those involved in putting the
> play on and the descendants of the author are speaking out against
> this.


Mandy Rice-Davies applies.


> Could there be a BLP-like exception for spoilers, adding one if those
> who wrote or produce the thing being spoiled request it? Obviously,
> the ending or spoiler would still be discussed within the article, but
> you could add a section saying "XYZ have requested that the ending not
> be spoiled, so this notice serves as a spoiler notice that the article
> reveals and discusses the ending" (modified as needed).
> Seem courteous, but can Wikipedia be courteous?


Speaking as an arbitrator, how would you square such a thing with NPOV?


- d.