Uhnm... there's a huge flaw in that theory. There are also more potentially notable people IN that city.
I think the big city/small town folks pretty much are equal... if anything, I think the small town folks may have a slight advantage (speaking as a non-notable who has several small-town newspaper articles written about him).
Philippe ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Arromdee To: English Wikipedia Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 11:07 PM Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] BLPs--some ideas
On Sun, 22 Apr 2007, Ray Saintonge wrote:
- In the event that the person attained fame because of sudden
circumstances, they must be covered in at least three distinct newspapers that can be cited.
This can lead to big city bias. A large city can very well have three newspapers all of which will send a reporter. This is not the case with a one newspaper town.
A big city has more newspapers than a small town because it has more people and more people can support more newspapers. So ultimately, someone who gets three articles because he's in a big city with lots of newspapers really got three articles because there is a bigger audience for news about him--i.e., he really is more notable than someone in a small city.
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