On 07/03/2008, Charlotte Webb charlottethewebb@gmail.com wrote:
Notability is a case where press attention actually makes our handling of it worse, not better.
While I agree that "notability" issues are poorly handled as a rule, regardless, I would have to know the nature of the press attention in question to decide whether it is a factor in the poor handling of "notability" issues. Could you clarify?
Presumably, because one side now has a nice self-referential article to wave around and say "look! media attention to the matter!", and then we devolve into arguing about whether *that* counts, and It All Just Gets Sillier.
From my hazy memory of past cases - I have tried like anything to
avoid AFD this last year, since spitting blood isn't good for one's health - this is something that tends to get farcical. It's probably one of the few situations where press coverage of our editorial process leads to the editorial process coming to a different decision *with regard to the encyclopedia* than it would have if the press hadn't noticed the process.
I suspect I explained that badly, but hopefully you sort of see the idea.