[WikiEN-l] Clearer policy on self-written and obscure biographies

[Poor, Edmund W]

I think Jimbo mentioned last month that there is a 
problem with self-written biographies: other contributors 
may be excessively reluctant to 'contradict' the person 
who presumably knows himself best. This issue arose 
over the Sheldon Rampton article, although it little 
or no problem for the William Connelley article.

The other problem is alleged "vanity pages", like Easter 
Bradford. We haven't come up with strict criteria on 
how famous a person has to be, to merit an article. 
Apparently the fame threshold interacts with the "self-
promotion" taboo in an undefined way.

As it stands, an article about a contributor is more 
likely to survive if it's written by someone other than 
the contributor. The reasoning being, if at least one 
other person has heard of you, maybe you're important?

Sorry if this didn't make anything clearer other than 
how incomplete the policy is on self-written and obscure 
biographies.

Ed Poor