[WikiEN-l] Re: [Wikipedia-l] Schools on en: (was Do Imisunderstand Wikipedia

Thu May 19 12:00:53 UTC 2005

JAY JG said:
>>From: "Tony Sidaway" <minorityreport at bluebottle.com>
>>Gregory Maxwell said:
>> >
>> > When it comes down to it, if we only use the criteria of "verifiable
>> > and NPOV" we end up with the prohibition on original research as
>> > being the only real control on what can go into wikipedia after a
>> > little tidying up.
>>
>>That's basically it.
>
> Fortunately, Wikipedia's notability policies help keep out much of the
> trivia your proposal would allow.  Unfortunately, these policies are
> much  clearer in the case of articles about individuals than they are
> in the case  of articles about schools.

Non-notability has been rejected as a criterion for deletion. 
Inappropriate biographical entries can be rejected on grounds of vanity. 
Humans tend to be a lot less intrinsically encyclopedic, as individuals,
than institutions or even cultural manifestations such as the infamous
Pokemon.