On 7/15/06, Fred Bauder fredbaud@ctelco.net wrote:
On Jul 14, 2006, at 5:01 PM, Jimmy Wales wrote:
imagine if someone were to write a Wikipedia article using precisely the (daft, if you ask me) arguments that Anthony DiPierro has been using. It is a confirmable story, we do know a number of fairly trivial facts about her, and... we might imagine... this *could* become an idiotic short lived meme
The worst aspect of this is that there is no way to flesh out the woman's humanity. It is doubtful any other published information exists.
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My comment as a regular Articles for Deletion participant was that the article doesn't meet WP:BIO. The only possible grounds under WP:BIO are "Persons achieving renown or notoriety for their involvement in newsworthy events."
My definition of a newsworthy event is something that is reported over a number of days or page one news on the day it happened such as the Mumbai bombings. Being reported in an AP or Reuters Oddly Enough story just doesn't cut it for mine. Those stories are usually used as filler on Page 9.
Further, we have one source the AP story. We don't have enough information to write a reasonable article or stub about her. In my opinion, the same applies to Brian Peppers.
We should consider human dignity. We are the leading biographical resource available on the Internet. If an employer is Googling a possible employee, a Wikipedia entry will almost inevitably come up on the first page of results. We should consider human dignity.
Please see our biography guidelines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:BIO
Regards
Keith Old
User:Capitalistroadster