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

[Anthony]

On 7/14/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:03:52 -0400, Anthony <wikilegal at inbox.org>
> wrote:
>
> >> All the indications are that this was a technical offence.  It has
> >> been suggested that he touched his nurse inappropriately while trying
> >> to gain her attention.  We don't know, because there is virtually no
> >> source material to work on, and that is why we should not have an
> >> article.
>
> >What indication is there, other than your unsourced "suggestion" which
> >contradicts all the other evidence, that this was a technical offence?
> > If Peppers accidently "touched his nurse inappropriately while trying
> >to gain her attention", then he is not guilty of the offense, and this
> >story is even more important.
>
> Original research.  we don't know (either way) because there are no
> reliable sources.
>
Actually, the person who claimed to be the guy's brother and started
that rumor about the nurse admitted it was a hoax.  I sent you the
link earlier today.

> >Yes, right now we can't find any source material to definitively
> >determine exactly what happened.  The same could be said of a large
> >number of articles.  But unlike your suggestion, there is plenty of
> >source material to create a short article on what we *do* know.
>
> The point is, this has so little neutral coverage that we almost
> certainly won't know. If we ever get a contemporaneous news report
> which details what happened and to whom then we might arguably have
> enough to go on, but honestly there is nothing here on which to base a
> biography.

As I've said, I disagree.  I think there are enough neutral sources to
have a short article, maybe two paragraphs long, which would be far
better than having nothing.

Anthony