On 11/09/2007, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
As for Lara Lewington, I bet some people on this list would argue she's *not* notable, at least not by the first paragraph. I'd disagree, but...
"Lara Lewington (born May 10, 1979) is a British weathergirl and television presenter on Five, joining Five News in January 2003. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology and Drama and is an NCTJ trained journalist."
I am still not sure about the whole generation of new grammar structures within wikipedia just to accommodate claims to notability specifically in the first sentence. Maybe its just this example but I think the first sentence should read ""Lara Lewington (born May 10, 1979) is a British weathergirl and television presenter on Five who joined their news team in January 2003." The passive inclusion of "joining etc..." doesn't fit with the overal aim of the sentence which is to actually describe the subject, not when they did something, however, it can be accommodated through the inclusion of , who, to redirect the sentence to what she did.
Admittedly, I have an Australian bias on grammar and am frequently annoyed by people leaving words out of sentences.
Peter