On 12/29/08, Andrew Gray <andrew.gray(a)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:特筆性
—C.W.