[WikiEN-l] Scott McCloud on Wikipedia

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Philip Sandifer wrote:

>See also Timothy Noah's recent article on Slate for this - it gives a  
>good view of how notability guidelines look to the outside. In this  
>case, it's how they look to the subject of the article, but I assure  
>you - they look similar to people who are familiar with the subject.  
>In short, they appear a Kafka-esque absurdity.
>  
>
I'd have to say this is how it looks to many academics as well.  Even 
biographies of extremely famous researchers are routinely hauled into 
AfD with piles of ignorant "d, nn" votes.  There's a reason we almost 
never have an article on a Nobel Prize winner before he or she actually 
wins a Nobel Prize---because any researcher whose fame is even a bit 
short of "won a Nobel Prize" is deleted as non-notable.

-Mark