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

[Steve Bennett]

On 4/10/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/9/07, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at waterwiki.info> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >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
> > >
> > >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
>
>
> Do you consider a British child actor with a lead role in a BBC children's
> television series notable?
>
> Mgm
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