Biography of living persons policy debate
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Wikipedia:BLP examples for discussion
Essay on editing Wikipedia
This page provides examples of situations in which editors must apply our policy governing biographies of living persons.
It is intended both to spark on-wiki discussion, and also as a resource for discussion at meet-ups and the like.
A panel and audience-participation discussion of these examples took place at Wikiconference New York 2010 on August 28, 2010.
Other meet-ups are welcome to use them as well.
Biography of living persons policy debate
Background
Over the past few years, conscientious Wikipedians have developed and made increased efforts to enforce our policy on biographies of living persons. This policy is especially important because as Wikipedia pages have become prominent in Internet searches, what we write about living individuals may have real impact on their lives.
One main thrust of the BLP policy is that in order to avoid the misuse of Wikipedia to spread false or defamatory information about living persons, all negati