On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:17:10 -0400, Delirium delirium@hackish.org wrote:
I wasn't claiming they were equivalent. You had suggested that, for humanitarian reasons, we shouldn't have articles on people notable solely for deformities or ridicule. I was asking if there's some level of "notable" above which the notability outweighs those concerns. It appears from your response that there is---you believe Merrick is sufficiently notable to outweigh any humanitarian concerns.
But he was not notable solely for deformities or ridicule. His story is much wider than that.
The "media coverage" of peppers is approximately zero. I don't recall a single news story being posted about him, even local news.
Guy (JzG)