All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part XXXII

[robkelk]

I got a couple of emails about this last night.

The first email:

Hi. I am contacting you because I would like to request the deletion of content from your website.

https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Troubled_P.../Fan_Works

This page has a single entry which is dedicated to tarnishing my identity publically,[sic] including through listing my real name. It has, unfortunately, consequences greater than merely being posted in your wiki. It has actually reached search engines. It has caused me real life complications. I would like to formally ask for the deletion of the content.

I understand normally there is public interest in troubled productions but I am not a public entity. I am a person. I am unfortunate enough to have been friends with the person who posted all that. So I must make this request and, if you need me to explain anything further, I will.

My reply -- I was pressed for time:

Why are you asking me to do something that you can do yourself? Accounts at All The Tropes are free and that page is not protected from being edited.

Please note that you will most likely be asked by other moderators to justify your actions to their satisfaction.

Their reply to my reply:

Because I made an attempt and my attempt deleted most of it because it's the only entry in the list, so it was rejected for blanking.

I've made a proper attempt before sending this message. I apologize for the mistake; I am dealing with very unfortunate real life drama due to this which has led to more mistakes than expected.

After a night's sleep and reading this thread, my reply to that:

BCC to other wiki admins.

There is a large difference between deleting personally-identifying
information and deleting an entire entry.  There is definitely an
example of a troubled production described in the entry.

Also, I have looked at the logs and cannot find any edit requests by
[REDACTED], or any close variant
thereof. As a victim of online impersonation in the early 2000s, I am
worried that you might not be somebody directly involved in the matter
described on the page.

To quote the wiki's founding moderator, GethN7: "If this is just a fan
trying to make us disappear something that puts who they are a fan of
in a bad light, then I'd be very reluctant at best to do anything. If
the claims are properly sourced and reference publicly available
information that can be verified, that would make me even more
reluctant." You've shown no indication that you are or are not
directly involved in this matter -- you're asking us to take your word
for it, and we don't know who you are.

And that's where it stands as of this posting.