[WikiEN-l] Being bold doesn't work anymore, or why our prose is so bad.

[Anthony]

On 9/9/07, K P <kpbotany at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, saying quickly why the person is notable is important.  Also
> David's right about giving the birth date right off, and death for
> those who have passed. It instantly puts a person and the possible
> information you can gain about them in a well defined category.
>
My biggest problem with adding birthdates in the beginning of an
article is that they're so hard to verify.  Thus I feel they should
normally be cited *and attributed* if included.  And putting an
attribution in the very beginning of an article is clumsy.

> And, yes, I look people up because I don't know about them, not because I do.
>
But, c'mon, you at least know why they're an interesting enough person
for you to look up, which in my mind means they're notable.