[WikiEN-l] Inclusionists vs deletionists

[Fred Bauder]

> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:52 PM, Tom Morris <tom at tommorris.org> wrote:
>
>> As an admin who closes a fair few AfDs, and as a human being who isn't
>> a big fan of loudmouthed ideological posturing, I have to say that I
>> rather like such topic areas.
>
> Well, there is currently an AfD in progress that is looking a bit like
> a train wreck, so some do still split the community. Though the issue
> is more BLP than notability (though notability is borderline). I'm
> tempted to actually formalise the proposal I've had floating around
> for a while (in my head) to say that BLPs and (biographical articles
> in general) should require published biographies during the person's
> lifetime and/or obituaries after death. Would anyone on this mailing
> list be willing to bounce ideas around about that? The sticking point
> is what constitutes a 'published biography'?
>
> Carcharoth

Goes too far. A Procrustean Bed.

Fred