[WikiEN-l] [Wmfcc-l] Living bio patrol on en:wp [[WP:BLPP]]

[David Gerard]

On 09/09/06, Amgine <amgine at saewyc.net> wrote:

> For these and other reasons, en.wp should develop policy limiting
> living persons articles to primary career facts and academic
> achievements, current positions held or endeavors, and minimal
> personal facts. By presenting a minimal set of biographic facts the
> community can circumvent a large number of internal and external
> conflicts, whilst avoiding maintenance issues and keeping the
> articles relevant until such time as the subjects may be viewed in
> historical context.


And, of course, [[WP:LIVING]] has pretty much from its creation said
what you're asking for here: facts in the article need to be relevant
to the subject's notability.

(removed developers from the cc:, as I can't see them caring about an
editorial policy issue)


- d.