Andrew Lih wrote:
Also, Yo-Yo Ma only *now* gets an article in
Britannica?
One of the most visible classical music performers in the world, 50
albums, 15 time Grammy Award winner (1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993,
1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004).
Well, I'm sure in 1987 they wrote a stub, but then it was posted
on EB's equivalent of VfD as "not significant, only one Grammy".
Next year it would have been "nobody really cares about the cello"
and deleted again, then the third re-creation would have been
speedy-deleted with "obvious nonsense, name was clearly made up
by a troll".
So you see, they're just being extra careful to make sure that
someone is *truly* significant before including them.
Alternate theory: one has to have a source, right? So they waited
for the TV movie to come out, so they could use it as reference,
instead of that unreliable WP.
:-)
Stan