On 6/14/07, David Goodman <dgoodmanny(a)gmail.com> wrote:
We could just as easily extend this a little and say
that the
University of Maryland is a relatively minor figure among American
Universities, or Maryland among American States.
You could say just about anything, but not all of it would be true.
Indeed, the evidence is right there in the article: much is said about
UMCP, and little is said about these presidents.
Saying all university presidents are notable is just
the first step
towards a sane policy, and one which has i think been taken--saying
all research university full professors are notable has also been
consistently maintained at AfD. There are some things about which
consensus does form in a sensible direction.
Well, if everyone in a certain position is notable, then we could go
forth and say that all positions are notable. At any rate, there are
some 1400 tenure and tenure-track faculty at UMD. Harvard has more.
That makes hundreds of thousands "notable", just counting present
faculty; the dead of course hugely outnumber them. The survival of the
project relies upon the lack of interest most people have in entering
these directories (for that is what they will largely be).