Wikipedia:Update/1/Content policy changes during February 2009

  • Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons
    • Added: "Persons are assumed living unless there is a good reason to believe otherwise" [for purposes of this policy]
    • Removed: "Instead [of trivia sections], relevant sourced claims should be woven into the article."
    • In WP:BLP#External links, changed "article" to "biographical material"
    • Removed the WP:BLP#Basic human dignity subheading, and: "Wikipedia articles should respect the basic human dignity of their subjects. Wikipedia aims to be a reputable encyclopedia, not a tabloid. Our articles must not serve primarily to mock or disparage their subjects, whether directly or indirectly."
    • Removed: "The Wikipedia Manual of Style outlines guidelines to respect a person's identity."
    • In WP:BLP#Well-known public figures, changed "a redirect or merge" to "a merge of the information and a redirect of the person's name to the event article"
    • In WP:BLP#Privacy of personal information, added after "Wikipedia includes dates of birth for some well-known persons where the dates": "have been published in one or more reliable sources linked to the persons such that it may reasonably be inferred that the persons do not object to their release"
    • Changed WP:BLP#Dealing with articles about the deceased substantially