QUOTE(anthony @ Sat 18th April 2009, 6:28pm)
Well, it is about a living person, though that person's name has not yet been made public - the police officer.
This is one of SV's specialty genres: the
WP:COATRACK article. Her first foray into this field of endeavor was
Jeremiah Duggan (T-H-L-K-D). The basic format is that you take a non-notable individual who died, and where allegations have been made in the press that someone you don't like is somehow to blame. You then exploit Wikipedia for the purposes of using it as a megaphone for these dubious press accounts.
QUOTE(anthony @ Sat 18th April 2009, 6:40pm)
I don't think Wikipedia does well with these sorts of things, but I can't take the leap to say that it's inherently wrong to provide a forum for people to collaborate on a document talking about current events.
In cases like the one under discussion, there is a violation of
WP:NOTSOAPBOX.
QUOTE(Hell Freezes Over @ Sat 18th April 2009, 7:21pm)
Does this board's obsession with me know no limits? Every single thing I do -- good, bad, or indifferent -- is picked over. Which one of you has a contributions history that could withstand this kind of scrutiny?
I'm sure that there are many editors whose POV and editing habits are as singular as your own. So, you might want to ask yourself, what is it about your
conduct at Wikipedia, particularly as an admin, that has made you so [ahem] notable?