[WikiEN-l] Verifiability

Sun Dec 18 00:00:32 UTC 2005

On 15 Dec 2005 at 11:04, <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Waking up one morning to find
> a Wikipedia article exists about you, one that anyone can edit, must
> be a horrible experience quite frankly.

Sometimes, for some people... I'm sure there are others who would 
feel honored, and still others who wouldn't particularly care one way 
or the other.  This can't be dealt with in a "One size fits all" 
manner.

Those who are big-time celebrities, from G. W. Bush to Britney 
Spears, will probably expect to be written about online, including 
silly rumor-monging, and won't be bothered by it unless it goes 
extremely far in the direction of libel or defamation.  Those who 
aren't celebrities might feel impressed that somebody would regard 
them as important enough to be worthy of a bio in Wikipedia.  Some 
who are attempting to become more famous than they currently are may 
take the position, "I don't care what they say about me as long as 
they spell my name right."  But others will take offense at even the 
most innocuous article about them.  You'll find all types out there.

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