Does the rule against reviewing people also apply to public figures?

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Does the rule against reviewing people also apply to public figures? #206

Open leethax666 opened 6 years ago

leethax666 commented 6 years ago

Thanks

eloquence commented 6 years ago

Currently it does. I could see us making an exception for historical figures, but generally, my sense is that directing reviews from the person to the thing the person does (e.g., a specific album or book) makes the most sense. I also wouldn't mind using an item like https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1379733 (presidency of Barack Obama) to describe the overall work a person has done -- as opposed to trying to review the human being. Does that make sense?

leethax666 commented 6 years ago

Yeah, good idea, thanks!