Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2013 August 29

29 August 2013
Does a non public person have the right to have their wikipedia biography deleted because they wish to not share their life with the public ? Electron9 (talk) 22:58, 28 August 2013 (UTC)


 * I know it's not a particularly helpful answer but I imagine the best response is going to be... "it depends entirely on the circumstances". I've had a fair bit to do with AFDs where the subject has requested deletion, often via WP:OTRS, and I've seen them go both ways. I've seen articles deleted when the person is of marginal notability, their biography serves little to no purpose (in the sense of "adding to a collective knowledge") and the person has then asked that their biography be deleted. If the person is "non public" but is obviously notable, the situation is more complicated. There is no "opt out" clause on WP and if multiple reliable sources have provided you with significant coverage and the article doesn't violate WP:NOT or WP:BLP1E then it will often not be deleted. Instead, editors are encouraged to improve the article and remove any BLP violations. I've been a part of several such efforts. It would obviously be helpful if you could let us know which BLP we're talking about. But then that discussion is probably better held at WP:BLP/N rather than deletion review (unless the article as been deleted in the past or was subject to a deletion discussion but was kept). Stalwart 111  01:57, 29 August 2013 (UTC)