On 3/20/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
I dunno. If I was researching a subject on the web and came across a lawsuit involving them, I would probably put it in. Nothing to do with "trying to get at" anyone.
If this is wrong, then WP:NOR goes further than I thought it did. Our coverage will be substantially reduced if we have to have notability for every fact. Is the fact that a company is based in town X notable? What if there's no newspaper article that mentions the fact?
Might depend on the fact. Something neutral such as "Joe Foo" lives in "Crankytown California" might me ok but there might be a problem with something potentially inflammatory such as "Joe Foo" is getting sued by his next door neighbor because he plays his music too loud. What interest is the second fact except to someone trying to dig up some dirt on Joe so he can insert some POV into Joe's article ie "Joe Foo likes to piss off his neighbors." A potentially inflammatory fact is not "news" until an independent source makes it "news" by reporting it. Then it could be mentioned in Wikipedia in an NPOV manner.