On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:48:44 -0800, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
This sounds sensible. Perhaps what we need some where is a list of what would be "standard" information in a biographical article. Essentially we would be looking at the kind of boring data that would be found in a "Who's Who" that chose to include the individual: date and place of birth and marriage, where they went to school, etc. Any of ths stuff could still be disputed, put it would be presumed valid unless that happens.
Actually I think this is a good litmus test for whether an individual is encyclopaedically notable. If there are no sources for basic biographical data other than the individual themselves, in other words if there has never been a reputably published biography or profile, then I don't believe we can have an article.
Although this would make most porn bios impossible, of course, since for the vast majority of those we have no reliable information other than their skin colour and their appearance in a number of (usually ultra low budget) films.
Guy (JzG)