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

[Daniel R. Tobias]

On 16 Apr 2007 at 14:15:04 +1000, "Steve Bennett" 
<stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 4/13/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> > About child actors. I tend to include birthdates as I do with any biography,
> > but I keep personal photographs and religion out of it. I only include
> > schools if it is already mentioned in almost every newspaper article written
> > about them, or if it's on their official website. I have written an article
> > about a kid for whom I found a streetname where he lived. I didn't include
> > that on purpose for privacy concerns.
> 
> And presumably for relevance. I can't see why we would be that
> specific about where someone lives. Some public figures may like to
> publicise their exact location, which would make it relevant, but most
> don't. The city they live in is plenty for encyclopaedicness, and
> their suburb is already getting a bit nosy...

Unless they use their (former) home street address as an album title, 
as the Jackson Five did with [[2300 Jackson Street]].


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