politicians are a special case: people tend to judge them
holistically, and consider their personal life relevant to their
professional career. this is an extension of the rule that , even
relatively minor criminal matters are usually appropriate if
adequately sourced where they might not be for most other people--it
applies to the good but relatively unimportant things for them as
well., I wouldnt want to use them as the basis for a general rule.
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:21 PM, <WJhonson(a)aol.com> wrote:
<<In a message dated 2/23/2009 6:11:09 A.M.
Pacific Standard Time,
sam.blacketer(a)googlemail.com writes:
do we really need to know the names and dates of birth of her
children? And what of the career details of her husband, who is not notable
in his own right? On the other hand, details of campaigns she worked on
before being elected are highly salient to political views, and it's her
political career that makes her notable.>>
"Need"? No, not at all. The political career makes her notable, and if she
is notable enough that someone has written her biography, including those
details, then we "can" include them. We don't "need" to include
them. If the
only sources commenting on her children (at all) are primary ones, than we
should not include them. Primary sources extend, amplify, clarify and specify
details, they should not be used to introduce details not otherwise present in
the secondary sources.
So if secondary sources mention "her husband the plumber", and "her five
children are named Marjory, Bruce, Wayne, Robin and Ambidextrous", then we can.
If they don't, we shouldn't. That would be the first line of attack for
anyone who wants to remove these details.
Will Johnson
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