On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 17:17, Christopher Mahan wrote:
--- tarquin tarquin@planetunreal.com wrote:
A good measure of achievement is whether their lives (or deaths) were newsworthy, that is, that there exist external sources on the people.
Define newsworthy in this day of blogs and instant reporting about every little thing.
<fictitious> The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday about a shop owner in los angeles who finds the restriction on liquor permits restrictive. </fictitious>
It was in print in a national newspaper. Should it be here? Probably not.
Likewise is something was not in print in a newspaper and not covered by CNN, does that by default make it not encyclopedia-ish?
It should be noted that tarquin above was quoting something I wrote.
In terms of your fictitious example, it probably wouldn't merit its own entry, but it would certainly be reasonable for there to be an entry that discusses Los Angeles liquor permits, referencing that article. If that shopkeeper was killed by a cartel of teetotalers, for example, then the shopkeeper might merit his own entry.