On 9/10/07, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
On 9/10/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/9/07, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
But surely the text surrounding the link tells you why the person is notable.
Oh yeah. "Walter had close connections with many 18th century notables including [[Fred Johnson]], [[Pierre de Bonsang]]...".
It's easy to come up with a counter-example by making stuff up. Why not just say "William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist and chairman of Microsoft. [[Paul Allen]] is a person."
Or here's one: "Lara Lewington (born May 10, 1979) is a British weathergirl [[Jermaine Dupri]] [[John Abbott]] happy birthday to you"
BTW, if any of you looked up [[Jermaine Dupri]] or [[John Abbott]] after reading this, well, *that* was a counter-example. I admit it occurs that people look up names without knowing why the person is notable, but I argue that it's rare.
As for Lara Lewington, I bet some people on this list would argue she's *not* notable, at least not by the first paragraph. I'd disagree, but...
"Lara Lewington (born May 10, 1979) is a British weathergirl and television presenter on Five, joining Five News in January 2003. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology and Drama and is an NCTJ trained journalist."