On 10/09/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales(a)wikia.com> wrote:
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.
Yes. One bad example is not a reason to adopt a policy with the
specific goal of making living bio articles as useless as possible.
I wonder what the readers want from Wikipedia bio articles.
- d.