Thanks Deryk, there seems to be some deep feelings on this one. There seems to some suspicion that there is a conspiracy to raise the profile of women on Wikipedia..... well they are right! However that doesn't mean to say that we want to ignore the rules.
I recently wrote an article about a Nigerian model and 25 seemingly unrelated web sites then ran a story about the fact that "Wikipedia had chosen her". Worrying to see that the press is covering such minor stuff. Anyway thanks from "Women in Red".
R
On 15 December 2016 at 18:40, Deryck Chan deryckchan@gmail.com wrote:
I've just gone ahead and closed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_ deletion/Laura_Coryton as keep.
In a sense the BBC is gaming the system by writing out loud that Laura Coryton doesn't have an article but should be, because the article itself then becomes a reliable source which pushes the subject up a notch on the notability scale. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/item/96d9abef-b668-42b7-a3bd-6305c42b5ff9
But on the AfD itself, few comments were raised about the BBC article's effect on this AfD. While I will never know how many of those unsubstantiated "keep because I think this article meets the inclusion guideline" comments were swayed by the BBC campaign, it seems that very few people thought the BBC campaign directly affected the notability of these women.
I hope these observations will be useful for future BBC/WMUK collaborations.
Deryck (with his en.wp admin hat on)
On 10 December 2016 at 21:48, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
A comment from User:Czar
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_UK/Events/BBC_100_Women
Gordo
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