[WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

[Charles Matthews]

David Goodman wrote:
> I would support making it a requirement before taking any article to
> AfD on the basis of lack of references to first make a bona fide
> appropriate search for them, and to say so--this is already
> recommended at [[WP:BEFORE]]
>   
[[WP:BEFORE]] seems to need some work, at least from the angle you are 
arguing. As well as admonitions, perhaps a dedicated page could contain 
things like: a basic checklist before taking an article to AfD; 
topic-based sketches of minimal search-engine checks to find some 
references; and perhaps a flow diagram breaking down the major decisions 
before putting anything up for deletion.

Charles