[WikiEN-l] More stringent notability requirements for biographical articles

[David Gerard]

On 23 March 2012 14:04, Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com> wrote:

> It has been said before, but that is why specialist biographical
> dictionaries often have as one of their inclusion criteria that
> someone has to be dead before having an article. I'm not saying we
> should go that far, but there is a case for many BLPs of saying 'if
> there is no current published biography, wait until this career/life
> is over and make an assessment at that point', and until then either
> delete or have a bland stub."


Define "published biography". Two paragraphs? A page on a notable
website? A news media article? A detailed criticism with life story
mixed in? A whole book on them?

(Define "book".)

You've come up with a criterion that seems cut-and-dry to you, but is
actually horribly subjective and will be a matter for endless
irresolvable disputes. It's not like arbcom is in *need* of more work
...


- d.