[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia article on [[Santorum (neologism)]]

[Andreas Kolbe]

--- On Thu, 26/5/11, George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com>

> > George,
> >
> > Can you please address a couple of points that I
> believe have been brought
> > up in this thread. You may want to read the previous
> emails that more
> > clearly elucidated the points first, or not. They are
> as follows:
> >
> > 1) This term deserves a Wiktionary entry at best, not
> a Wikipedia entry.
> >
> > 2) Wikipedia is being used as a platform to damage
> Santorum.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Brian
> 
> I don't agree with either statement.
> 
> The event (Savage coming up with the term, the effects on
> Santorum) is
> notable.  It's covered in reliable sources.  The
> word itself would be
> a Wiktionary entry, but the incident overall is Wikipedia.
> 
> We're reporting on the damage to Santorum, not causing
> it.  Our
> reporting is not making it better, but neither is it making
> it worse.
> The damage was done by Savage and others and was widespread
> long
> before the article here.
> 
> We do not censor topics that are damaging to individuals
> just because
> they are damaging.  They have to be notable and
> covered in a NPOV way
> for us to cover them, but this passes both tests.


You may be forgetting that we have an article on [[Santorum controversy 
regarding homosexuality]]. That's notable. The term, linguistically, is not.
It's in one slang dictionary, and one book on neologisms. 

Andreas