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Living Persons who do not wish to have articles about themselves[edit]

Wikipedia articles about living people can affect the subject's life. As Wikipedia articles often appear in the top 10 results for any given name it is extremely easy to disparage a person or provide personal information (like a date of birth) which can be used to steal one's identity. As such, it is good practice to never include exact dates of birth in articles.

Articles on Wikipedia may cause harm to one's privacy and infringe on their privacy. Information that would otherwise not come to light may effect that person's prospects at employment, volunteer activities and character in general. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a gossip rag. Most of this information is prudent for historical reasons, not while the person is living.

Proposal[edit]

For (non public - definition needed?) living persons if they request their biography be removed it shall be so. Upon the subject's death, if notable, a biography can be added at such point in time. Removal requests could be done via a dedicated OTRS mail queue.