Thanks Deryk, there seems to be some deep feelings on this one. There seems
to some suspicion that there is a conspiracy to raise the profile of women
on Wikipedia..... well they are right! However that doesn't mean to say
that we want to ignore the rules.
I recently wrote an article about a Nigerian model and 25 seemingly
unrelated web sites then ran a story about the fact that "Wikipedia had
chosen her". Worrying to see that the press is covering such minor stuff.
Anyway thanks from "Women in Red".
R
On 15 December 2016 at 18:40, Deryck Chan <deryckchan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I've just gone ahead and closed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_
deletion/Laura_Coryton
as keep.
In a sense the BBC is gaming the system by writing out loud that Laura
Coryton doesn't have an article but should be, because the article itself
then becomes a reliable source which pushes the subject up a notch on the
notability scale.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/item/96d9abef-b668-42b7-a3bd-6305c42b5ff9
But on the AfD itself, few comments were raised about the BBC article's
effect on this AfD. While I will never know how many of those
unsubstantiated "keep because I think this article meets the inclusion
guideline" comments were swayed by the BBC campaign, it seems that very few
people thought the BBC campaign directly affected the notability of these
women.
I hope these observations will be useful for future BBC/WMUK
collaborations.
Deryck (with his en.wp admin hat on)
On 10 December 2016 at 21:48, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:
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