[WikiEN-l] Re: Deletion policy needed

Wed Oct 22 22:05:57 UTC 2003

Alex Rosen wrote:

>>Wheteher someone is "notable" is more often than not a determination 
>>based on somebody's POV.
>>
>
>Well it's frequently based on someone's opinion, which to me is
>different than POV. I'd say that *sometimes* it's based on somebody's
>POV, but then so are lots of other things on Wikipedia - e.g. whether a
>particular article is POV or not is sometimes based on somebody's POV.
>We live with that.
>
The distinction between POV and opinion can be a bit of a hairspltter.

>So if something doesn't have to notable to be in Wikipedia, then would
>an article on every single elementary school in the world be OK? 
>
That wouldn't bother me.

>How
>about every single person in the world? If so, then how will we ever get
>*done*?
>
Exactly!  It's self-limiting, so why bother with a rule? :-)

>>>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.
>>
>
>The actual page he's referring to is
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_Inclusion_of_Biographies,
>it has nothing do with dictionaries.
>
The first line there says "Feel free to ignore it."  I'll be glad to.
If it has nothing to do with dictionaries why was the term "biographical 
dictionary" used? :-)

Ec