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

[Carcharoth]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 5:16 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 23 March 2012 17:10, Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> For Leon Mestel, the qualifying sources would be his entry in Who's
>> Who and in Debrett's People of Today. Those are UK-specific sources.
>> What would the equivalent be in the USA?
>
> Who's Who might say "this guy is notable", but the actual content is
> completely self-sourced. It's effectively a sponsored blog entry.

You miss my point. What I'm saying is that if someone who *could* have
a Who's Who entry doesn't have one, then we should be asking why.

Carcharoth