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Re: [WikiEN-l] [Wmfcc-l] Living bio patrol on en:wp [[WP:BLPP]]

Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] [Wmfcc-l] Living bio patrol on en:wp [[WP:BLPP]]
From: "Akash Mehta"
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:23:25 +1000
Well, I'm sure we could come up with a checklist for patrollers as to
whether or not the article is notable, and I can code AfDing into the
MWT version for BLP if there is such a need. In terms of quality
control, we would really need the cleanup taskforce to take a look at
the whole category for a week or so to bring articles up to scratch.

On 9/10/06, David Gerard <dgerard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 09/09/06, Amgine <amgine@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > For these and other reasons, en.wp should develop policy limiting
> > living persons articles to primary career facts and academic
> > achievements, current positions held or endeavors, and minimal
> > personal facts. By presenting a minimal set of biographic facts the
> > community can circumvent a large number of internal and external
> > conflicts, whilst avoiding maintenance issues and keeping the
> > articles relevant until such time as the subjects may be viewed in
> > historical context.
>
>
> And, of course, [[WP:LIVING]] has pretty much from its creation said
> what you're asking for here: facts in the article need to be relevant
> to the subject's notability.
>
> (removed developers from the cc:, as I can't see them caring about an
> editorial policy issue)
>
>
> - d.
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