Rachel Marsden: The Fundamental Schizophrenia of BLP Options

[gomi]

I am amused and befuddled by the current ArbCom case re Rachel Marsden. The ArbCom has come down with a bunch of tough-minded words about BLPs.

On the one hand, I can see that the article would be embarassing and damaging to Marsden, resurfacing a 10-year-old false date-rape case and more recent criminal harassment charges. Marsden has apparently complained in person to Wales about this. While not finding any material unsourced, the ArbCom case says that the article is "too negative" and anyone can essentially blank it. Does this apply to Brandts article? To all BLPs?

On the other hand, the statements in this article, while negative, were well-sourced, and all the information remains in the article history.

Finally, and perhaps most bizarrely, SlimVirgin is the one who has stubbed and full-protected the page -- she isn't ArbCom and has not thus far been involved.

[Moulton]

According to my scorecard, Jimbo's biggest fear is having the project fall into disrepute.

Episodes of disrepute seem to be hitting the mainstream press about once a month now.

[Giano]

According to my scorecard, Jimbo's biggest fear is having the project fall into disrepute.

Episodes of disrepute seem to be hitting the mainstream press about once a month now.

There are times when it hard not to feel some form of schadenfreude, and resist the temptation to post an edited version of this http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=173588881 right back on his page. Joking apart, he probably feels pretty stupid, without anyone else needing to rub his nose in it. He's not the first man to be lead by his donger and he certainly won't be the last - so I shall say nothing more.

Giano

[Peter Damian]

the temptation to post an edited version of this http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=173588881 right back on his page.

Sadly many of the diffs connected with that seem to have mysteriously disappeared ('database error').

[Giano]

the temptation to post an edited version of this http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=173588881 right back on his page.

Sadly many of the diffs connected with that seem to have mysteriously disappeared ('database error').

I think "Jimbo and the Arbonauts" will find their current problem rather harder to sweep under the carpet. Picking a mistress is rather like buying a horse, one should study the form before mounting and riding. A fall can be very damaging.

Giano

[AB]

Picking a mistress is rather like buying a horse, one should study the form before mounting and riding. A fall can be very damaging.

That is so sexist.

WOMEN ARE NOT LIKE HORSES!