At 17:05 22/10/2003 -0700, Mark (Delirium) wrote:
I don't think it would cut nearly enough out. For example, a short article listing my place of birth, high school attended, and university attended is easily verifiable through publically available records.
Then it could be deleted on the grounds that it would never be more than a stub (I don't know if it's formalised anywhere, but deleting things for that reason has been pretty widely done in the past).
OK, maybe there's a *bit* more to a "keepable" article than it simply being verifiable, but I guess my main point is that it's possible to make a reasonable decision about whether to delete an article without resorting to (necessarily subjective) judgements on its "importance" or "notability".
That's my feeling, anyway.
Lee (Camembert)