[WikiEN-l] Proposed policy on biographies: input sought

Mon Dec 19 03:28:06 UTC 2005

[[User:WAS 4.250]] and I have been working on a proposed policy
regarding Wikipedia biographies at [[Wikipedia:Biographies on living
persons deserve a special sensitivity]]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_on_living_persons_deserve_a_special_sensitivity

It deals with the need to be respectful of subjects, which policies
are particularly important, what they say, and what to do in the event
of a legal threat. Any input would be appreciated, particularly from
editors who are familiar with [[WP:NOR]] and [[WP:V]], who have worked
a lot on biographies, who have legal backgrounds, members of the
arbcom who have dealt with some of these issues recently in cases, and
editors who themselves have Wikipedia entries and who know what it
feels like to be the subject of a biography.

Sarah