Submissions/BLP update on EN Wiki (from deletion sprees to sticky prods)
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This is an open submission for Wikimania 2010. |
- Title of the submission
- deletion sprees to sticky prods - What has been happening to Biographies of Living People on EN wiki, and what can be learned from it?
- Type of submission
- panel
- Author of the submission
- E-mail address or username
- Country of origin
UK
- Affiliation, if any (organization, company etc.)
None
- Personal homepage or blog
- Abstract (please use no less than 300 words to describe your proposal)
The last year on EN wiki has seen a lot of focus on Biographies of Living People, especially the tens of thousands in en:wiki/Category:All_unreferenced_BLPs. We've had admins deleting hundreds of articles out of process, an amnesty, a three layer RFC, a major drive to delete or reference thousands of articles, and the new sticky prod deletion process - as EN wiki no longer allows the creation of new unreferenced BLPs.
This panel will bring together several different perspectives on this, panellists will make short positioning statements followed by a panel discussion responding to questions from the audience.
- Track (People and Community/Knowledge and Collaboration/Infrastructure)
Community/Collaboration
- Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?
Very probably
- Slides or further information (optional)
Panel Chair:
Panel members:
Hopefully a full range from someone who participated in or endorsed the January deletion spree to a member of the Article Rescue Squadron and of Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons
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