The idea here is to create a protocol for synthesis of previous biography of living person noticeboard reports. In short, it will distill the history on BLP/N to countable form so that it can be trended and analyzed.
The data collected will attempt to address the following basic questions. Sample data is included parenthetically. I will be collecting the data in a google docs spreadsheet, though I may do some of it in Excel and copy it up. Data will be collected in a page for each talk page archive.
- 1. "What is the name of the primary article in the notice?" (just for tracking purposes)
- 2. "What are the common events reported to the BLP noticeboard?" (Each broad type, i.e. "new article lacking references", will be given a short title to be defined and recorded)
- 3. "Who typically reports the events?" (Self, IP, new (defined as <50 edits), SPA, established user, Jimbo)
- 4. "If a specific user's actions are of concern, what are the types of users associated with BLP complaints?" (Same categories as #2, minus Jimbo, plus "no specific user")
- 5. "What is the current quality of articles that are associated with BLP complaints?" (i.e. FA, DYK, stub, deleted, etc...)
- 6. "What percentage of notices are for articles that are alleged to be malicious or otherwise have the potential for serious harm?" (Binary yes/no)
- 7. "What percentage of notices address articles that are not BLPs, but involve biographical information?" (Binary yes/no)
- 8. "When was the notice posted" (date)
- 9. "When was the last edit made to the post" (date)
Some possible classifications of events:
- "Redflag" Notice specifically alleges malicious activity.
- "Serious" Notice suggests malicious activity, such as libel.
- "NPOV-" Notice primarily alleges neutrality problem that is negative but not malicious, such as inappropriate weight given to a topic.
- "NPOV+" Notice primarily alleges neutrality problem such as self promotion.
- "Fact" Notice alleges factual error in article.
- "Vandal" Notices of vandalism to BLP articles.
- "WP:N" Notice primarily regards notability problems, such as WP:BLP1E.
- "WP:RS" Notice primarily alleges problems with sourcing, either unreliable source, synthesis, original research, etc...
- "Cat" Notice alleges inappropriate categorization.
For tracking purposes only:
- "!BLPN" Notices that are not alleged BLP violations or are otherwise not appropriate to the noticeboard.