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

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

On 4/10/07, Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/04/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> > [sorry for the blank send, misclicked]
> >
> > On 4/10/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Do you consider a British child actor with a lead role in a BBC
> children's
> > > television series notable?
> >
> > If only Wikipedia didn't have such a stupid notion as "notable" which
> > basically translates as either writing as much as we can possible find
> > to substantiate about someone, or writing nothing at all. A more
> > sensible publication would probably write a paragraph or so about the
> > actor with very basic details like what shows they'd appeared on and
> > any future projects they were known to be interested in.
>
> If the small-time actor is mentioned in referencable publications and
> has an editor who's willing to write a considerable article about
> them, then this is something we should aim to achieve.
>
> I don't understand why it wouldn't be sensible to write a lengthy,
> sourced article (ignoring gossip and such) about such an actor.
>
> --
> Oldak Quill (oldakquill at gmail.com)


Question: What made you refer to the actor as "small-time" I said nothing
about what else they did.