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Megan Meier suicide controversy (closed)
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Can one of the admins from this board watch Megan Meier suicide controversy, and in particular its talk page? There is a need for someone familiar with BLP rules to dispassionately explain how these rules are usually applied. Things seem to be drifting in the direction of editors asking that certain kinds of sourced edits not be made because of how it will make editors feel, which seems to me an inappropriate argument. News stories say what they say and sources are either reliably sourced or not. It seems to me that that should be the basis of the discussion. Also, "See also" items are being similarly handled: editors are insisting that some comparisons not be made even when reliable sources (i.e. major media) have made them.

I am a mostly uninvolved party. My edits to the entry have only involved additions to "See also." On the talk page, I have attempted to clarify what I understand to be BLP policies based on my past experience. This has provoked a strong emotional reaction from User:Jeeny who seems to feel that those who do not respect her feelings about how the entry should be edited are making her party to harassment of the Drew family.

Can someone please help sort this out? Thanks. --Pleasantville (talk) 13:04, 5 December 2007 (UTC)


 * According to WP:BLP, the editor seems to be quite right that a link to a map of the Drews' house is inappropriate. It's difficult to address other concerns, since they are not specified. I agree with you that articles are not written so as to avoid discomfort in editors. I'm unsure what other edits are causing her concern, but will address this point at the talk page. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:37, 5 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Certainly anything attempting to make it possible to locate the Drew family is a BLP violation, but User:Jeeny seems to be casting her net a lot more broadly, at least as far as I can tell from her remarks. --Pleasantville (talk) 14:21, 5 December 2007 (UTC)


 * It's difficult to say until she responds at the talk page. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:25, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Address of victim, and perpetrator
Please read this section on the article talk page and weigh in, if I've overstepped my bounds. I've removed a source and passage that essentially gives driving directions to the home address of a crime victim, and their perpetrator. Lawrence Cohen 16:23, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I've already weighed in on the page (though not on this edit), but for the record I support your interpretation of BLP in this regards. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:24, 5 December 2007 (UTC)


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