[Wikia-l] Slander/libel considerations on Wikia

[Jimmy Wales]

rsw154 at psu.edu wrote:
 >The people in question are totally anonymous
 >outside of one or two hobbyist groups, e.g.
>     doom.wikia.com/wiki/Adam_Williamson
>     doom.wikia.com/wiki/Jon_Dowland

I am not online at the moment, so I can't look at those.  But I would 
advise as a matter of human dignity and respect for privacy that if 
there are people who are really just private individuals, that you take 
a very liberal approach to deletion and a very strong stand against 
negative claims.

This can be a very tricky issue.  The Furry community has had to deal 
with it in the past, because they have articles on members of that 
subculture, and it can be very upsetting to people to have an 
"encyclopedic" rehashing of unfortunate events from some years back.

I would recommend to just avoid it entirely.