On 12/29/08, Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk wrote:
In many ways, the most effective solution would be a hard-and-bright line like the DNB uses - no-one who is alive, end of story, and we could deal with living people as tangential notes in their work. But it certainly wouldn't be popular!
How many sentences can be written about the late Tommy Burks without including the non-late Byron (Low Tax) Looper as a more-than-tangential note? Truth be told I think "notability" arguments would favor a merge in the opposite direction.
I remember talk of ja.wp having a more hardline definition of notability, roughly defined as "is a public figure", thus neatly eliding anyone who isn't Pretty Damn Famous - any idea if they still hold to that and if so how it works out?
The Japanese definition of "notability" seems to be a rough translation of ours (and I don't mean "super karate monkey death car"-rough either): http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E7%89%B9%E7%AD%86%E6%80%A7
—C.W.