On 07/03/2008, Charlotte Webb <charlottethewebb(a)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.
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk