On 22/04/07, Jeff Raymond
<jeff.raymond(a)internationalhouseofbacon.com> wrote:
James Farrar wrote:
That
would be another way to go. Unless there is a published biography
on the individual, our default is deletion. Again there will be
exceptions - but we could let afd sort that out. We just change the
default - you need a consensus for inclusion if there is no other
biography in publication.
That seems like a sensible criterion - and there might
be potential to
extend that to classes of articles other than BLP.
I've always seen this as a
rather horrid criterion. So what does this
mean? Most sportsmen, most television stars, most musicians, many
politicians - gone.
I don't think so, given there is already a consensus on notability for
all of those - see [[WP:BIO]].
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Remember we are not talking about speedy deletion here - but changing
the default after a debate to 'consenus to keep' or ever 'rough balance
of the argument'. That allows the case to be made - 'hey there's no bio
here but the sources are actually good, and a balanced article can be
written'.
Nothing would be deleted without debate, and nothing without the
community having the final say.