User:JimMillerJr/Sandbox/Hero worship

Wikipedia has a well thought out and effective policy regarding biographies of living people. The policy protects not only the subjects of our articles, but the project as a whole.

Many editors here naturally write about things in which they take an interest. Often, issues of ownership can occur regarding an article on which an editor has spent a great deal of time and effort. While that work is to be commended, we often see elements of hero worship creep into our content discussions disguised as BLP concerns.

In order to maintain a neutral point of view we must take care to assure that we include all sourced information about the subject of an article. The undue weight prohibition needs to be judged carefully. Not every subject of a WikiPedia biography is necessarily a good person. Many of them have committed heinous acts which override any of the good that they may have done in their lives. Due weight must be given to the negative, as well as the positive, aspects of a persons life. Our biographies need to represent the sum total of the available reliable sources on any given subject. Somtimes we need to remember that is is absolutley justifiable to call a spade a spade, even in article space.