[Foundation-l] Request for your input: biographies of living people

Matthew Brown morven at gmail.com
Tue Mar 3 22:50:54 UTC 2009


On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net> wrote:
> That would not preclude an article about the movie, if notable, although
> only a few films spring to mind. And the name of the actor can be
> mentioned but ought not be a redlink, unless the person's private life is
> notable and the subject of substantial information published in reliable
> sources.

I see no reason why having an article on someone need include
information not published in reliable sources.  If they're well-known
for something in the public eye but details of their life elsewhere
are not prevalent, then that's how our article should be as well.

-Matt



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