Wikidata:Living people (old)
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Wikimedia Foundation resolution[edit]
On April 9, 2009, the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees passed a resolution regarding Wikimedia's handling of material about living persons. It noted that there are problems with some Biographies of Living People being overly promotional in tone, being vandalized, and containing errors and smears. The Foundation urges that special attention be paid to neutrality and verifiability regarding living people; that human dignity and personal privacy be taken into account, especially in articles [items] of ephemeral or marginal interest; and that anyone who has a complaint about how they are described on the project's websites be treated with patience, kindness, and respect.
The full resolution, including amendments made in November 2013, may be read at: Foundation:Resolution:Biographies of living people.
See also[edit]
- Wikidata:Living people (draft)
- English Wikipedia's 'Biographies of living persons' policy
- Various sister project's BLP pages, via: policy on material about living persons on a Wikimedia content project (Q4663389)