Fred Bauder wrote:
From: Eugene van der Pijll
Erik Moeller schreef:
I think if one wants to institute such a policy, a good test would be whether the person's notability is the result of a _continuing_ record of activities (which are verifiable), rather than a singular event.
I'm looking forward to see your vote at [[Wikipedia:Articles for Deletion/Lee Harvey Oswald]].
That's not the sort of stuff we are talking about. But suppose someone put up an article on one of his kids? Extensive investigation and coverage of him has produced a significant corpus of material.
True enough. Oswald nevertheless would never have been notable save for that one event. Jack Ruby too would have been one step further removed from fame. I think that Erik's point is a good place to start from, but when a rule is taken too rigidly we end eliminating an article on someone like Oswald.. Eugene makes a valid point. If articles are to be written on his kids they would need to have their own notability. Erik's test is a good one for inclusion, but not for exclusion.
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