[WikiEN-l] Re: Deletion policy needed

Wed Oct 22 17:22:38 UTC 2003

Matthew J. Brown wrote:

>On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Alex Rosen wrote:
>
>>I wasn't aware that there was any "official" policy as to whether
>>something had to be important, or if it just had to be true and
>>verifiable.
>>
>Official or not, many people seem to use an 'important' standard when it
>comes to biographical articles.  'Wiki Is Not a Biographical Dictionary'
>(wherever that is) describes teh policy a lot seem to follow.
>
The rule is that Wikipedia is not a dictionary, biographical or 
otherwise.  That is no bar to biographical articles which are an 
important part of the 'pedia.

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