[WikiEN-l] So you think you can be a Wikipedia article

[Abigail Brady]

On 7/23/06, daniwo59 at aol.com <daniwo59 at aol.com> wrote:
> Do we have any chance whatsoever of finding out what happens to any of  these
> people? Will we know five years from now if they are even alive? Can any  of
> these articles ever hope to become a featured article, if the sole  criterion
> for inclusion is appearing (not even winning) a realilty show.  This isnt Dr
> Joyce Brothers we are talking about (American TV personality who  began her
> career winning the $64,000 Dollar Pyramid game show)--and I challenge  anyone to
> tell me who she played against on the show. Even she is only included  because
> of the role she played later as a TV shrink.

I've often thought it would be useful to ask the question: will we
find out about it when they die?  Are they important or famous enough
that there will be an obituary anywhere (even in the specialist
press)?  Obviously this is somewhat crystal-ball-gazing, but if
someone's death goes unnoticed, we'll be left with biographical
articles lacking basic details...

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Abi