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".
I agree with Lee that each such case must have its own common sense
approach without needing to resort to a lot of rigid rules. In
addition, I also continue to believe that the benefit of any doubt
should favour retention.
Ec