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

Tue Dec 20 01:21:39 UTC 2005

Steve Bennett wrote:

> Ah, good example - I tried to think of counterexamples, but didn't think
> of that one. Is it possible to slander a product?  Hmm...perhaps also if
> you had a page claiming Elvis Presley to be gay or something you would
> have his estate on your back claiming you were depriving them of
> livelihood by denigrating his name. Or something.

Pop stars are a horrible case, actually. Half our articles on pop stars
*already* read like [[hagiography]].

- d.