On 23 March 2012 14:04, Carcharoth carcharothwp@googlemail.com wrote:
It has been said before, but that is why specialist biographical dictionaries often have as one of their inclusion criteria that someone has to be dead before having an article. I'm not saying we should go that far, but there is a case for many BLPs of saying 'if there is no current published biography, wait until this career/life is over and make an assessment at that point', and until then either delete or have a bland stub."
Define "published biography". Two paragraphs? A page on a notable website? A news media article? A detailed criticism with life story mixed in? A whole book on them?
(Define "book".)
You've come up with a criterion that seems cut-and-dry to you, but is actually horribly subjective and will be a matter for endless irresolvable disputes. It's not like arbcom is in *need* of more work ...
- d.