[WikiEN-l] An example of a bad biography

[Christiano Moreschi]

Ah, fair point. I hadn't thought of that one. Apply an opt-out policy to said stubs, in which case (but not to other BLPs)?

CM

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> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:24:10 +0100
> From: james.farrar at gmail.com
> To: wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] An example of a bad biography
> 
> 2008/4/29 Christiano Moreschi <moreschiwikiman at hotmail.co.uk>:
> >
> >  Not really. If an article's always going to be a stub, there's no point having it all.
> 
> I disagree that a BLP is ever "always" going to be a stub - in this
> specific case, many union leaders go into politics; at the least, he
> may turn into another [[Bob Crow]].
> 
> Our inability to predict the future extends to other categories of
> article, too. For instance, before 1st August 2007, many might have
> said that [[I-35W Mississippi River bridge]] was "always going to be a
> stub". Having it existing as a stub probably helped editors build it
> up when it became somewhat more notable than it previously had been.
> 
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