On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Carcharoth <carcharot...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> What I would say is that Wikipedia biographies should have at least one > source that I knew I should have finished the draft before posting it... That sentence was meant to say something like "should have at least one source that is recognisably biographical". But really just delete that unfinished sentence. I also forgot to say that it would be simpler to just forbid the use of news sources on BLPs that lack non-news sources. It is the aggregation of factoids from various news sources to "make" a biography that is really unprofessional. No reputable biographer would do that. I'm trying to remember what I said in an earlier discussion (years ago now): if no-one else has attempted to write a biography, Wikipedia shouldn't be the one to attempt it first. Carcharoth _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
