On Dec 24, 2007 8:27 PM, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 24/12/2007, Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I
wouldn't consider hit-and-runs etc. as meriting an article either,
that's why I said I wasn't sure there was *any* significant events. So
you're suggesting the "single event" is her being hired by the
foundation?
Yes, it's the only thing that might force us to catalog the appalling
events of this person's life in an encyclopedia. We're not Facebook.
Being in Wikipedia can *hurt*, it can *kill*.
And so can *not* being in Wikipedia.
I'm sorry, the idea that Wikipedia shouldn't include information about
people convicted of serious crimes (*) because it might hurt their
feelings doesn't strike me as valid. Unless, I guess, you're
suggesting that Wikipedia shouldn't have biographies about anyone at
all.
(*) Don't bring up some strawman about victimless or petty crimes.
We're talking about someone who recklessly caused the death of one
person and who intentionally shot another in the chest.