[WikiEN-l] Encyclopedia or Gossip Rag

[Wyatt Lucas]

How is the very likely possibility of infidelity "relative trivia"? I consider it fairly relevant to a section named "Personal life". Also, your analogy with historical biographies is flawed, because the inclusion of this allegation barely makes the article increase in size at all.

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On Oct 7, 2012, at 10:48 AM, Thomas Morton <morton.thomas at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 7 October 2012 14:56, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Oct 7, 2012 2:44 PM, "Marc Riddell" <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I came across this today in the English Wikipedia:
>>> 
>>> "In 2011, it has been reported that [the subject] has been caught
>> cheating
>>> on his wife with a 30 year old intern turned reporter."
>>> 
>>> Is this worthy of a credible Encyclopedia or, if it needs reported at
>> all,
>>> in a gossip tabloid rag?
>> 
>> I'd prefer it if we didn't make that kind of decision ourselves. Has it
>> been reported in mainstream (non-gossip) media? (We have to make a
>> judgement about whether a particular source is respectable or not, but
>> that's better than making judgements on individual facts.)
>> ______
>> 
> 
> We do it all the time.
> 
> I write historical biographies (amongst other things) and if I recorded all
> of the detail discussed in the numerous reliable sources (i.e. books) used
> for each then I would still be writing the first one (and just about got to
> the length of a medium novel!).
> 
> Editorial judgement is a key skill for any competent WP editor, and we
> should focus less on rigid rules (which encourage the inclusion of trivia)
> and more on good editorial judgement.
> 
> In this case, good editorial judgement suggests that this is relative
> trivia. It is not really related to his reason for notability and is
> distinctly about his private life. It also seems to be something along the
> lines of an allegation mostly covered in tabloid gossip.
> 
> I'd suggest that with good editorial judgement this is something we would
> pause for some time before covering, if at all, whilst BLP applies.
> 
> Tom
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