[WikiEN-l] Analysis of BLP issues (Jimmy Wales shouldreconsider)

[Jeff Raymond]

James Farrar wrote:

>> That would be another way to go. Unless there is a published biography
>> on the individual, our default is deletion. Again there will be
>> exceptions - but we could let afd sort that out. We just change the
>> default - you need a consensus for inclusion if there is no other
>> biography in publication.
> 
> That seems like a sensible criterion - and there might be potential to
> extend that to classes of articles other than BLP.

I've always seen this as a rather horrid criterion.  So what does this 
mean?  Most sportsmen, most television stars, most musicians, many 
politicians - gone.  And let's not even get started at the systematic 
bias issues inherent in this, especially in third world countries or 
nations with government-controlled media where the "biographies" we 
require simply wouldn't exist for reasons outside of our happy Western 
control.

-Jeff

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