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

[David Gerard]

On 24 March 2012 18:13, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 24 March 2012 17:51, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

>> You're not going to get that through for general events (natural
>> disasters or revolutions), because they've long been heralded as one
>> of en:wp's great strengths.

> But they *should* be one of Wikinews' greatest strengths, not
> Wikipedia's. I know it isn't likely to get adopted, which is why I
> never bother proposing it, but I still think it would be a good idea.


Wikinews suffers sufficient gatekeepers that it doesn't attract a
froth of contributors the way Wikipedia does. It could do with some
statistical and experimental loving from the Foundation, if anyone
feels up to putting a proposal together. But trying to channel
volunteers in this manner strikes me as a way to kill motivation
rather than channel it.


- d.