Consumer Action Taskforce:Living persons policy: Difference between revisions
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The Wiki must get the article ''right''. Be very firm about the use of high-quality sources. All quotations and any material '''challenged or likely to be challenged''' must be supported by an inline citation to a reliable, published source. Contentious material about living persons (or, in some cases, recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—must be '''removed immediately and without waiting for discussion'''. Users who persistently or egregiously violate this policy may be blocked from editing. | The Wiki must get the article ''right''. Be very firm about the use of high-quality sources. All quotations and any material '''challenged or likely to be challenged''' must be supported by an inline citation to a reliable, published source. Contentious material about living persons (or, in some cases, recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—must be '''removed immediately and without waiting for discussion'''. Users who persistently or egregiously violate this policy may be blocked from editing. | ||
Person Articles ("PAs") must be written conservatively and with regard for the subject's privacy. This Wiki not a tabloid: it is not Wikipedia's job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives; the possibility of harm to living subjects must always be considered when exercising editorial judgment. This policy applies to any living person mentioned in a PA, whether or not that person is the subject of the article, and to material about living persons in other articles and on other pages, including talk pages. The burden of evidence rests with the editor who adds or restores the material. | Person Articles ("PAs") must be written conservatively and with regard for the subject's privacy. This Wiki is not a tabloid: it is not Wikipedia's job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives; the possibility of harm to living subjects must always be considered when exercising editorial judgment. This policy applies to any living person mentioned in a PA, whether or not that person is the subject of the article, and to material about living persons in other articles and on other pages, including talk pages. The burden of evidence rests with the editor who adds or restores the material. | ||
== Writing style == | == Writing style == | ||