[WikiEN-l] David Hager is listed as convicted rapist

Tue Dec 6 20:54:15 UTC 2005

Steve Block wrote:
> Jimmy Wales wrote:
>> JAY JG wrote:

>>> I've been have a months-long debate with another editor on this
>>> topic. I've been stating that we include people in "Criminals"
>>> categories if
>>> they have been convicted of a crime by an independent judiciary.  The
>>> other editor insists that we have to decide (by some means) whether or
>>> not they have actually committed a crime, conviction is not enough a
>>> good enough yardstick.  I'd be interested in other thoughts here.

>> I have a simple thought.  My simple thought is that of course you are
>> right. :-)

> I agree with you, but community consensus doesn't.  I recently tried to
> get the criminal categories renamed to include the words convicted but
> was told that was unworkable since Butch Cassiday was never convicted,
> or something.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2005_November_15#Criminals

Well, I guess community consensus trumps NPOV ... except of course it
doesn't. That would get a "don't be dense" category deletion.

- d.