I love it when individuals decide that they know what is important and
worthy of inclusion, as opposed to the mindless masses. Because that's such
a healthy way to ensure an open, neutral, and comprehensive encyclopedia.
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Tarc Meridian <tarc(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
I think that is a very dismissive misreading of the discussion.
Some people have it in their heads that "appears in reliable sources
equates to article-worthiness", but the problem here is that the doings of
celebrities is covered in excruciating detial by the media, including what
tey eat, the clothes they wear, and so on. Same for some politicians, such
as every Thanksgiving some poor sod gets to stand outside the White House
gate and breathlessly report what is on the President's table, or at XMas
the reports of what the First Family bought each other. Reliably sourced?
Yes. Encyclopedic worthiness of "White House Thanksgiving 2009 Dinner
Table" ? None at all.
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 12:02:46 +0100
From: tom(a)tommorris.org
To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] crazy deletionists!
On Tuesday, 3 July 2012 at 10:15, Svip wrote:
I can't believe _I_ am not the ultimate ruler
on what is valuable
enough to get on Wikipedia. It seems most of the delete comments on
the Justin Bieber article are mostly people who dislike Justin Bieber.
Surely Lady Gaga on Twitter[3] should be deleted as well? Or perhaps
that is different, because they like Lady Gaga more than they like
Justin Bieber.
[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga_on_Twitter
To be fair, 'Ashton Kutcher on Twitter' is also up for deletion too. In
both the Kutcher and Bieber case, there's a lot of "I don't like it,
therefore it can't be notable!"
I just cannot see any legitimate argument for deletion being presented.
They all
basically boil down to "don't like it!"
--
Tom Morris
<http://tommorris.org/>
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