On 06/06/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
I like to think that what we aim for *is* an obituary, basically. If they fell under a bus tomorrow, we'd have to add a quick paragraph, change it into the past tense, and otherwise it's done. That perspective, in turn, informs what you're aiming to put in.
Of course, there are cases where this may be problematic. e.g. Peter Carter-Ruck, whose obituaries were largely the press being able to finally say what they actually thought of him.
But it's a good *general* editorial rule of thumb!
I got just shy of 400,000 biogs the other day - even allowing for a lot of undercounting, it's still probably under half a million. Don't have a "living" proportion...
How many members in [[Category:Living people]]?
- d.