[WikiEN-l] The Economist on "notability"

[Andrew Gray]

On 07/03/2008, Charlotte Webb <charlottethewebb at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Notability is a case where press attention actually makes our handling
> > of it worse, not better.
>
> While I agree that "notability" issues are poorly handled as a rule,
> regardless, I would have to know the nature of the press attention in
> question to decide whether it is a factor in the poor handling of
> "notability" issues. Could you clarify?

Presumably, because one side now has a nice self-referential article
to wave around and say "look! media attention to the matter!", and
then we devolve into arguing about whether *that* counts, and It All
Just Gets Sillier.