[WikiEN-l] Borderline notable bios (yes, again)

Jimmy Wales jwales at wikia.com
Wed Jul 12 22:58:48 UTC 2006


Andrew Gray wrote:
> Basically, if you're not a "public figure" (which seems to be defined
> quite narrowly - perhaps in a similar way to the Western defamation
> definition?), *you don't get named* at all, much less have an article
> on you. I'm not a public figure. Angela's not a public figure. Daniel
> Brandt's not a public figure. You probably are, and so's Xeni, but
> there's the cutoff, I guess.

I wonder what that cutoff might be, though, and how the ja community
makes the decision without internal warfare.

--Jimbo


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