[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia notability (was "Opt Out for Not So Notable Biographies")

[Oldak Quill]

On 10/04/07, Seraphim Blade <seraphimbladewikipedia at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/9/07, Matthew Brown <morven at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 4/9/07, Seraphim Blade <seraphimbladewikipedia at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > "From the independent sources available, could a comprehensive,
> > > high-quality (GA/FA) article be written on this subject someday?"
> >
> > I think this would be a terrible criterion to use for this purpose.
> > Not every worthwhile subject has sufficient to say about it to make a
> > FA or even a GA as currently defined.
> >
> > -Matt
> >
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> Ah, there's the rub, as Shakespeare would say. Perhaps B-class would
> work as a compromise, but there's got to be some kind of uniform
> standard. Otherwise, it's pretty much "Whatever anyone wants to write
> about gets written about," and then we're introducing editorial bias.
> We should handle inclusion/exclusion the same way as we handle
> anything else-look at what the sources say (or don't say, for that
> matter).

But our inclusion criteria introduces bias too. Subjects which are
perceived to be related to high culture are more likely to be included
than subjects perceived to be related to "low culture". IMO, this is
not a good thing.

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Oldak Quill (oldakquill at gmail.com)