[WikiEN-l] [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons]]

Tue Dec 20 01:15:00 UTC 2005

As is usual, David speaks good sense.  The title was a nice introduction
to the topic, and is certainly true, but may send people down the wrong
path.  David's point #2 is absolutely right on target and would deal
with most or possibly even all of the issues in this area quite well.

David Gerard wrote:
> I think my main objection to this is the current title:
> "Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons deserve special sensitivity".
> The very title pushes Sympathetic Point Of View, whatever the guideline
> content.
> 
> I've suggested on the talk page:
> 
> 1. Change title to [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons]]
> 
> 2. Start with "Be very hardarsed with references in living persons'
> bios" and go from there.
> 
> That is: the title should be what the guideline *concerns*. And the
> start should be the guideline itself in a sentence.
> 
> Then we can work from there. NPOV, NOR, V. Past examples of why we need
> this. Don't fall into Sympathetic Point Of View. Etc.
> 
> Does this sound workable?

To me it does.