Christopher Mahan wrote:
I just tried to make the point that newsworthiness was
not
necessarily a criteria for inclusiveness into the W.
Not an absolute, no, but it probably is helpful. In the case of a
thorny problem like the sep11 entries, it's really helpful. It gives
us an external (i.e. not driven by internal wikipedia politics)
reference point so that we can move forward in an NPOV manner.
Let me explain: "Is this person important enough?" Gee, that's a very
subjective question, and different people will feel differently. And,
in this *particular* case, emotions are strong, and who *really* wants
to argue that ANY dead person is "not important enough".
But one thing that we can all agree on is a simple factual question:
was there news coverage about this person?
This kind of "external" informational "hook" can be really helpful in
coming to a reasonable answer. There could be exceptions, of course.
--Jimbo