Wikipedia:Zero-sum BLP
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The general practice with
biographies of living persons
is to "err on the side of caution" – however, in certain cases, there is no "side of caution", and we absolutely cannot afford to "err" at all.
This is most obvious in the case of a real-world dispute between two or more people. Portraying one side of the dispute in too positive a way effectively disparages the other party. We need to make sure we're absolutely
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, or any other reason that may apply.