On 08/04/07, Slim Virgin slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
Would it do that any more than the current NPOV policy? The published biography could be in any language and from any type of publication regarded as reliable in the country of origin.
What about reliable in the field of origin? Most of the problem with WP:RS is its abuse by the ignorant as a bludgeon against content they don't like. I do see what makes the idea seem good, but entrenching that further strikes me as an absolutely awful idea.
In any case, newspaper articles typically take whatever the subject tells them and reprint it. They are essentially lightly-mediated autobiography. And if *anyone* here tries to tell me that newspaper bios are fact checked on any sort of routine basis, I will laugh at them.
- d.