Are corporations people? Options

[thekohser]

A Wikipedia essay that tried to extend WP:BLP protections to articles about corporations was recently burned and scattered to the wind -- the "public" reason being the essay was created by a banned user. I think the "private" reason is one more familiar to us, though -- such a policy would fly in the face of Wikipedia's real purpose as the world's largest online defamation platform.

How can you tweak Crisco's nose, if you're going to be subjected to duty of care policies about corporations?!

Anyway, I have asked three administrators if they would issue me the contents of the deleted essay. One has refused, while the other two have not responded.

Is there a functional admin somewhere who could reproduce here the contents of the deleted essay?

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[Kelly Martin]

Of course this is absurd. For a significant portion of Wikipedia's community, the entire purpose of their participation is to post critical comment about the corporations they hate (which, for some of them, is all of them). Wikipedia just can't prohibit the favorite pastimes of one of Wikipedia's biggest editor constituencies, not without threatening the all-important metric of "editor participation".

[Sxeptomaniac]

Of course this is absurd. For a significant portion of Wikipedia's community, the entire purpose of their participation is to post critical comment about the corporations they hate (which, for some of them, is all of them). Wikipedia just can't prohibit the favorite pastimes of one of Wikipedia's biggest editor constituencies, not without threatening the all-important metric of "editor participation".

Your statement is overly narrow. It's corporations, people, products, etc. IMO, a majority edit WP based on their emotional response to articles they consider either a whitewash or hit pieces. It's not about a grand spreading of knowledge, but spreading their opinions under the pretense of fact.