[WikiEN-l] Reliable sources (Guy Chapman aka JzG)

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> From: Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net>
> 
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:48:44 -0800, Ray Saintonge
> <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> 
> >This sounds sensible.  Perhaps what we need some where is a list of
> what 
> >would be "standard" information in a biographical article. 
> Essentially 
> >we would be looking at the kind of boring data that would be found
> in a 
> >"Who's Who" that chose to include the individual: date and place of 
> >birth and marriage, where they went to school, etc.  Any of ths
> stuff 
> >could still be disputed, put it would be presumed valid unless that
> happens.
> 
> Actually I think this is a good litmus test for whether an individual
> is encyclopaedically notable.  If there are no sources for basic
> biographical data other than the individual themselves, in other
> words
> if there has never been a reputably published biography or profile,
> then I don't believe we can have an article. 

This would include minor actors and exclude famous scientists.
Even scientists who have a large number of scientific achievements
are rarely the subjects of published biographies.  Being famous
enough to get a mention in newspapers doesn't help either, since
such articles rarely provide information like place of birth.

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