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However, according to some interpretations, the BLP policy and the philosophy behind it extends well beyond merely avoiding the inclusion of defamatory or unsourced negative material. Rather, many editors urge that norms and appropriate behavior sometimes call for excluding information from Wikipedia even where the information is undisputedly true, and even if it might otherwise be considered notable under our usual notability guidelines.

Editors will inevitably continue to debate how we apply BLP norms in these types of situationsituations. Wikipedia's conduct and guidelines on these issues cannot be evaluated in the abstract, separate from the information found on the rest of the Internet. The author of this page ([[User:Newyorkbrad|Newyorkbrad]]) has discussed some of these issues at greater length, both on-wiki (starting [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Doc glasgow#Outside view by Newyorkbrad|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/QZ Deletion dispute#Outside view by Newyorkbrad|here]]), in off-wiki writings such as [http://volokh.com/posts/1242270923.shtml this post] and [http://volokh.com/posts/1242179591.shtml this post] on [[The Volokh Conspiracy]], and in [http://www.archive.org/details/nywikiconf_newyorkbrad_26july2009 my speech at Wikiconference New York 2009].

This page provides some examples of the types of more nuanced BLP problems that arise. There are no clear-cut right and wrong answers to these scenarios. Often the right way to handle these situations is not clear, because the right way for the Internet and the Press and Society as a whole to handle these situations is not clear either. The hypotheticals are designed for discussion either on-wiki and also as an aide to discussion of the problem at meet-ups where there is a session scheduled on BLP issues.