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

[Fred Bauder]

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>From: MacGyverMagic/Mgm [mailto:macgyvermagic at gmail.com]
>Sent: Monday, April 9, 2007 09:10 AM
>To: 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Fwd: Opt Out for Not So Notable Biographies
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>On 4/9/07, Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 09/04/07, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at waterwiki.info> wrote:
>> > You are describing original research. Putting together information you
>> have gathered from various sources and creating a sort of biography. But it
>> is a pseudobiography, without substantial reference to the person described,
>> except as they have received incidental media coverage. A golem you yourself
>> have breathed life into.

>I don't see why compiling an article from multiple sources would be original
>research. It's actually good to do it. It means you've verified your info
>from more than one source. Original research is when you interpret
>information and draw conclusion from it, which I didn't do.
>
>Notability is based on what someone did in real life, I don't see the way an
>article was formed having any relevance to someone's notability.
>
>Mgm

If the person is notable there will be verifiable material in reliable sources which set out the course of the persons life. Original research based on scrapes of information results in a "biography" on Wikipedia which by its nature must omit the non-published information regarding the person necessary to produce an adequate biography.

Fred