Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of HIV-positive people
A number of people are citing . Indeed it seems to be the only policy issue raised. However, it is a false argument. If Wikipedia articles can claim person X has HIV then this information can also appear elsewhere, such as a list, provided it is sourced. As I noted above, categories are unsuitable for this very reason. Where is the policy that says sensitive information can only appear in the main biography page? It has been suggested this is a privacy issue, but the article is cites published sources so the information is already public. We don't cite hospital records. But more fundamentally, if this list is to be deleted because it is a list of information that may "suggest that the persons included in the list or template have a poor reputation", for example, then it would imply we delete all lists of possibly negative information. If we can claim people are Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Scientologists|members of a UFO cult then this is small beer. I would certainly be keen to open up a community RfC if that were the case as it has big implications
— User:Colin, 08:39, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:BLP (Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons)