[WikiEN-l] BLPs--some ideas

[Philippe Beaudette]

Uhnm... there's a huge flaw in that theory.  There are also more potentially notable people IN that city.

I think the big city/small town folks pretty much are equal... if anything, I think the small town folks may have a slight advantage (speaking as a non-notable who has several small-town newspaper articles written about him).

Philippe
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ken Arromdee 
  To: English Wikipedia 
  Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 11:07 PM
  Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] BLPs--some ideas


  On Sun, 22 Apr 2007, Ray Saintonge wrote:
  > >2. In the event that the person attained fame because of sudden  
  > >circumstances, they must be covered in at least three distinct newspapers that  can be 
  > >cited. 
  > This can lead to big city bias.  A large city can very well have three 
  > newspapers all of which will send a reporter.  This is not the case with 
  > a one newspaper town.

  A big city has more newspapers than a small town because it has more people
  and more people can support more newspapers.  So ultimately, someone who
  gets three articles because he's in a big city with lots of newspapers
  really got three articles because there is a bigger audience for news about
  him--i.e., he really is more notable than someone in a small city.


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