Amgine 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.
I think that way of putting it seems a bit extreme. In the example
under discussion [[Tom Delay]], it seems pretty clear that the article
is much stronger due to the inclusion of much more than some minimal set
of facts.
I say this despite the rather obvious "hatchet job" nature of the bio
there at this moment. This is one of the worst political bios I have
seen in a long time in Wikipedia.
Tom Delay suffers from the problem of being unpopular with both the left
and the right.
--Jimbo