On 23 March 2012 14:04, Carcharoth <carcharot...@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. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
