On 3/20/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)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.