[WikiEN-l] BLP Just a quikie

[Ray Saintonge]

David Gerard wrote:

>On 27/06/07, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>There is a substantial difference between "Who's Who", the original
>>general publication, and "Who's Who ---", the genre of publications.
>>The original takes "notability" (with a few odd caveats) as its basic
>>threshold of entry; the various "Who's Who in X" are not nearly as
>>discriminating, and will often take anyone willing to pay.
>>Yes, it's confusing, but there you go. I believe this all has its
>>roots in a *really complex* transatlantic trademark dispute...
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>Being in "Who's Who" (the original) is prima facie evidence this is a
>generally notable person and warrants an article. However, the Who's
>Who text itself is pretty much written by the subject. An appropriate
>phrasing would be something like "In his Who's Who entry, X claims
>..."
>
At least a person who has paid to have his name in there is not likely 
to complain about that information being used in a Wikipedia article.

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