[WikiEN-l] The Economist on "notability"

David Gerard dgerard at gmail.com
Thu Mar 6 21:52:25 UTC 2008


On 06/03/2008, Philip Sandifer <snowspinner at gmail.com> wrote:
>  On Mar 6, 2008, at 4:16 PM, David Gerard wrote:

>  > http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10789354
>  > Yes, (the Wikipedia jargon meaning of) notability is suitable material
>  > for a business- and economics-oriented news magazine.[*]

> I will repeat my conviction that our notability guidelines are the
>  biggest PR blunder we engage in.


No, it's second to BLPs. Not third, however.


- d.



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