[WikiEN-l] Rampant Deletionism

[Geoff Burling]

On 6 Nov 2003, Gareth Owen wrote:

> The Cunctator <cunctator at kband.com> writes:
>
> > Let me pick the second one from that list, and repeat it here in full:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Edward_Bowman,_Jr.
> >
> > Shawn Edward Bowman, Jr. (19XX-September 11, 2001) was a computer specialist
> > and active Eagle Scout. Born and raised in  Staten Island, he worked as an
> > information specialist in the human resources department of Cantor
> > Fitzgerald in the World Trade Center.
> >
> > He died at age 28 in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack in the
> > destruction of the World Trade Center.
> >
> > He was survived by his then-pregnant wife Jennifer and his son, Liam (age
> > 2). His son Jack Shawn was born January 2002.
> >
> > He was an Eagle Scout in Troop 43, Staten Island. He was a member of the
> > staff of Camp Aquehonga for 5 years. He worked in various positions, working
> > as the Camp Services Director in 1992. In the summer of 2002, Camp
> > Aquehonga, after raising over $15,000, rebuilt the campfire area as the
> > Shawn E. Bowman, Jr. Ampitheatre.
>
>
> Are you seriously suggesting that the late Mr. Bowman, Eagle Scout and
> computer specialist is a reasonable target for an article in an encyclopedia.
> If so, then there is such little common ground between what we think belongs
> in an encyclopedia, that further discussion is worthless.
>
> I'd be intrigued to see the opinions of others.
>
I'm puzzled about this entire discussion. I thought that this collection of
biographies of all of the 9/11 victims was one of the jewells in the crown
of Wikipedia?

Geoff