[WikiEN-l] Attack Site Wars, Episode VII... The Return of the Essjay

[Anthony]

On 6/26/07, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
>
> On Jun 25, 2007, at 8:30 PM, George Herbert wrote:
> > On 6/25/07, Anirudh <anirudhsbh at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 1) An incident which has coverage (in some cases front-page) in most
> > major US newspapers and newsmagazines rises to the level of notability
> > under any rational interpretation of the word.
>
> In many cases, yes.  But actually in most cases, no.
>
> Here's a very big routine news story today:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6238740.stm
>
> Widely covered:
> http://news.google.com/news?tab=wn&client=firefox-
> a&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%
> 3Aofficial&ncl=1117582711&hl=en
>
> But I think we can all say that this study does not deserve an
> encyclopedia article.  It's just a routine "filler" news story.
>
I think it's just a matter of coming up with the right title.
Googling [[Diet Plate]] suggests to me that it deserves an article.