On 28/03/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
- OK, now, although Dr Smith isn't that notable to a world-wide
encyclopedia, he is fairly notable in Smalltown NSW, where he once served as an alderman. So the Smalltown Gazette runs the divorce story. Now, do we include it? If we do, we are responsible for taking a local story to global level - we are essentially promoting it. Usually, if Dr Smith moves to NZ, people will only know of his shining academic career - not his divorce. But if it makes Wikipedia - it will follow him about. Perhaps we should exclude information based only on local press from BLP sourcing.
I agree with Mgm on this one.
Presumably the Wikipedian who adds this information accesses Smalltown Gazette online. Having put the article online, Smalltown Gazette has made the information available to anyone who cares to look for it. It has already been taken "to [a] global level".