[WikiEN-l] Fwd: Opt Out for Not So Notable Biographies

[Fred Bauder]

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Bauder [mailto:fredbaud at waterwiki.info]
Sent: Sunday, April 8, 2007 01:19 PM
To: 'Thomas Dalton'
Subject: Re:  [WikiEN-l] Opt Out for Not So Notable Biographies


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Thomas Dalton [mailto:thomas.dalton at gmail.com]
>Sent: Sunday, April 8, 2007 01:15 PM
>To: fredbaud at waterwiki.info, 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Opt Out for Not So Notable Biographies
>
>Define "Not so notable". If you can do that well, then this idea might
>have merit, but currently it is far too vague and will just result in
>arguments over notability, rather than over content. I'd much prefer
>to argue about the content and get a good article at the end than
>argue about the notability and end up with either a bad article or no
>article.
>

Not so notable is the rough dividing line between public figures and those who are not. George W. Bush is a public figure as as most of those who regularly appear in the media. Those whose doings are not ordinarily covered by the media are not public figures, although something interesting may have happened to them and there has been spot coverage.

Fred