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

[Steve Summit]

David Gerard wrote:
>On 08/04/07, Slim Virgin <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> One way to determine notability sufficient to justify a Wikipedia
>> biography is whether that person has already had a biography published
>> by a reliable third-party source...
>
> Encourages systemic bias. Wikipedia suffers badly enough from that.

But remember, this isn't about deciding which biographies to include.
It's about which biographies not to allow opting out of.
The bias is therefore considerably diluted.