Trebor Rowntree wrote:
On 5/24/07, doc
<doc.wikipedia(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
2) And this is important - although Smith and
Lewinsky
are only notable for one thing - the fact that Lewinsky's life has been
so public means we can write a full balanced biography for her. He bio
want say "she sucked Clinton's cock" it will say something about her
background, career, life after the incident - in short we get the whole
person. One incident yes - but that's given us enough sources to write
the biography. We have no sources to write a biography on Smith (and if
we find out any more it is likely to be OR) - only to record an
incident. That's not a biography.
But in cases like these (for private individuals), BLP actually says to
include "*only* material relevant to their notability." As David Gerard
said, including things like someone's GPA is absurd and unnecessary f that
has no relevance to that person's fame. But aiming to write a full balanced
biography directly opposes including only material relevant to notability.
Which are we supposed to be doing?
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Monica's whole life is notable - there are basted biographies on her.
There may be 'the incident' but the incident has made her whole life a
notable, sources and verifiable story. We can write a biography. The
same is true for the Olympic medal winner - notable only for winning
medals, but because of that, a lot of biographical details that are
otherwise notable, are already recorded in good sources.
But if the notability refers only to the incident and nothing else has
really been recorded by good sources - then all we can write about is
the incident - then we can't write a biography.
A good thing to ask yourself is: if this person died tomorrow, would any
newspaper, or important publication in the subject area, print an
obituary. If the answer is 'No - no chance' then we probably should not
have a biography.
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I'm not sure that's a very good way to do it. Newspapers will print an
obituary of damn near anyone.