 | This page in a nutshell: Wikipedia pages can change real people's lives. This gives us aethical andlegal responsibility. Biographical material (material about a living person) must be made with the greatest care and attention toproof,neutrality, andavoiding original research. |
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Everyone who changes articles on Wikipedia must take extra care when making changes tobiographical material about a living person. These pages must be written carefully. Changes to these pages must follow all applicable laws in theUnited States, and all of our content policies, especially:
Pages about living persons must be made carefully, with care for the person'sprivacy. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid paper (newspaper); it is not our job to be sensationalist (Oh my! Look!), or to be the primary place for the spread ofinteresting claims about people's lives. The possibility of harm to living subjects is one of the important factors to be considered when using editorial decision.
We must get the pageright.[1] Always use high-qualityreferences. Heated, arguable, material about living persons that is unsourced (without references) or poorly sourced—even if the content is negative (bad), positive (good), or just questionable—should beremoved immediately and without waiting for discussion.[2]
