[WikiEN-l] Opt Out for Not So Notable Biographies

[Marc Riddell]

on 4/8/07 3:04 PM, Fred Bauder at fredbaud at waterwiki.info wrote:

> It has been suggested that people who are not particularly notable should have
> the option of requesting removal of their Wikipedia biographies. This
> suggestion has come up in the context of Daniel Brandt, who has long
> complained, but please address the general question.
> 
> I doubt very many people will bother to make such a request, and even if a few
> tens of thousands did, the loss to the utility and interest to the
> encyclopedia would be minimal. This would not apply to prominent persons, but
> would apply to subjects such as John Seigenthaler, whose article was so seldom
> accessed or edited that a major error remained there for months without being
> notice. If the person is not notable enough that we pay attention to its
> content, there is some risk just from having it.

How is notability determined in the encyclopedia?

Marc Riddell