All the articles would be moved to draft space (this was completed on 25 January 2017)
Over the next 90 days articles would be reviewed, problem articles deleted or turned into redirects, and other articles corrected and promoted back to main space
At the end of the 90 day period (e.g. 24 April 2017) all remaining drafts would be deleted.
Various lists of subsets of the BLPs are given below.
Select one of the lists of subjects that interest you,
Pick an entry and review it
Either flag it for deletion, turn it into a redirect, or correct it and move it to main space.
Pick another entry.
Types of problem
Any biography of a living person should reflect what reliable sources say about the subject, with these sources cited, and with no original research. Most of the articles are reasonably accurate, although SvG sometimes added original research, or information he "knew" was accurate, that was not supported by any source. There were errors in copying information such as birth dates. In some cases it seems that SvG created an article from a source that would not be considered reliable, then added citations to other "sources" to support the article, often without checking these "sources". Sometimes the "source" did not even mention the subject. In a few cases SvG confused one person with a completely different person, giving totally misleading content.
Unfounded libel: The article asserts that the subject engaged in unacceptable behavior such as doping or fraudulent claims about age or nationality, but the claim is not supported by a reliable source. These are rare, but must be deleted immediately.
Undue weight: The article gives undue weight to a single documented incident such as doping, with perhaps one sentence of a two-sentence article discussing the incident. The editor may consider toning down or even dropping the incident description and/or expanding the rest of the article to give more balance. This particularly applies to people who are relatively unknown.
Unsourced information: " ... (born February 14, 1967 in Cheyenne, United States) ... " If the source does not give the birth date and/or birth place, drop it. Some articles contain several paragraphs of plausible but unsourced information added to the original stub. Drop them. A BLP should only contain information supported by reliable sources.
Poorly sourced information: Blog sites, celebrity gossip sites and so on are not valid sources. Drop any material supported by sources like these.
Incorrect information: The article disagrees with the source, perhaps due to a transcription error. Correct the article to match the source.
Incorrect links. Nobody was born in Cheyenne, United States. Fix the link.
Original research: "is a cyclist" or "is a former cyclist". We have no way of telling the subject is still active as a cyclist – they may have retired yesterday. But if the source does not say they have retired, it is wrong to say "is a former cyclist". They may be proudly competing in the Masters 70+ class. Just say what they did: "competed as a cyclist in the 1967 Tour de France".
Notability: Whereas many articles are notable per WP:SPORTS (for example, every participant in the Olympics is notable), some are not. These should be notable per WP:GNG; check that the athletes are described in reliable sources, and, ideally, add these sources to the draft before moving back to the main space.
Bottom line is that although many of the SvG stubs are entirely accurate, many contain errors. All must be carefully checked to ensure the facts agree with reliable sources. As stated in Wikipedia: Biographies of living persons, "Editors must take particular care when adding information about living persons to any Wikipedia page. ... We must get the article right."
Deletion versus salvage
Articles must be deleted fast if they contain unfounded or poorly sourced libel, regardless of the notability of the subject. Add {{Db-g10}} to the top of the article.
Articles should be flagged if they do not seem to meet the notability criteria in Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline or Wikipedia:Notability (sports). Add {{Notability|Sport}} to the top of the draft article. This tells other reviewers it may not be worth spending much time trying to salvage the article.
Blank the article and replace by #redirect [[article on the event]]
Move the article to mainspace:
In all other cases, where the article does not contain an unfounded libel and the subject is notable, preferably for more than one event,
Carefully compare the article to the reliable source(s) and remove any original research, unsourced or poorly sourced information. Do not assume good faith if you cannot access a "source". It may not mention the subject at all.
Try to correct undue weight, where a single event dominates the article
Flesh out the article with information from other reliable sources if you have time
Remember to check the infobox and categories to make sure they agree with the text
Reactivate categories by removing the colon after the square brackets. For example, change [[:Category:Living people]] to [[Category:Living people]]
Move the article to mainspace
Click the "Move" tab at the top of the page
In the window that opens, under "Move page ... New title:" you will see "Draft". Change it to "(Article)"
Enter a reason like "All statements checked"
Click on "Move Page"
There is no need to update any lists after you have moved an article back.
Audit
The results will be audited after a few weeks. This approach will be considered to have failed if a significant percentage of the articles that have been moved to main space turn out to still contain BLP violations and/or to contain information that is not confirmed by a citation to a reliable source. We will then revert to the letter of the close at the ANI discussion. The decision there was to give one week for rescue attempts followed by bulk deletion:
Editors whose restorations to mainspace were problematic will be banned from participating
Other editors will be invited to move articles they want to save from main space or draft space to their user space
After the bulk deletion, these editors may fix the saved user space articles and move them to main space.
Draft:Altangereliin Enkhtuyaa - the content is not confirmed by the source; I was not able to find sources confirming notability. Needs to be deleted.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:22, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
Stelio DeRocco - was moved out of process to the article space, so that I found it in the NPP queue and had to look for sources myself as most of the article was not sourced.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:24, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
Veronika Sharametsyeva - all material was sourced and accurate. Added a little info but it's still a stub. Survived an AfD on notability grounds recently, though, so it's definitely notable. Smartyllama (talk) 17:39, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
Eleni Kouvdou. I checked all articles from 16 to 30 (except 18) and from 44 to 129. I removed unsouced information and dead links, I did extensive cleanup and various corrections, I added reliable sourcing. All material is sourced and accurate and the articles' notability is confirmed. All articles are triple-checked. Gtrbolivar (talk) 15:40, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
