Talk:Karen McCarthy Woolf

Removing year of birth from Karen's biography
The subject of this page (who is a close friend of mine) is uncomfortable with her year of birth being displayed in the biography.

Is there an acceptable way that this information could be removed or redacted? Simonjwoolf (talk) 15:12, 27 September 2023 (UTC)


 * @Simonjwoolf I've checked the source cited, an academic journal (Wasafiri) published in 2018, and it does state "Karen McCarthy Woolf was born in London in 1966 to English and Jamaican parents." (and our article was only started in 2021, so this isn't a case where Wikipedia has been used as a source in an external publication). And this source, used earlier in the page's history, identifies her as "1960s". I'm not sure that WP:BLPPRIVACY provides for us to suppress someone's year of birth when it has been published in a reliable source, as it's basic biographical information of encyclopedic relevance. Thre's nothing the matter with being born in 1966 (speaking as a child of the early 1950s myself!)


 * Looking for documentation about this sort of request, the nearest I can find is this: FAQ/Article_subjects. But I'll ask at the Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard to get other editors' views. Pam  D  20:46, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
 * @Simonjwoolf, I made a comment at Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard, this could go either way, but it may happen.
 * And since you're here anyway, would you/she be interested in providing a lead image for this article? If so, let me know, and I'll try to guide you through the process. We can't just take one from because copyright. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:30, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Let's just leave it for now please. I am sure I can source an image. 2A02:A210:2145:E400:1D97:1506:9F07:97B2 (talk) 08:32, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Simonjwoolf if that's you, please remember to log in. It generally helps communication. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:35, 28 September 2023 (UTC)