[WikiEN-l] Borderline notable bios (yes, again)

Fri Jul 14 00:49:31 UTC 2006

Wikipedia isn't populist. We don't have articles because "a lot of
people want to know about [the subject]".

On 14/07/06, Keith Old <keithold at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/14/06, Anthony <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> >
> > On 7/13/06, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > (sorry for duplicate, Anthony)
> > >
> > > On 14/07/06, Anthony <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > It is, of course, possible to be guilty of one thing and not guilty
> > of
> > > > > another. I know a chap who was convicted for a particularly farcical
> > > > > robbery attempt; he's guilty, no doubt, and it wasn't a victimless
> > > > > crime. But if I wandered around this evening and kicked him in the
> > > > > face, he'd be pretty justified in considering himself an innocent
> > > > > victim of my mindless assault.
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't see how Peppers being convicted of something means we should
> > > > > help people kick *him* in the face because they feel like it.
> > > > >
> > > > I'm not advocating that we kick Peppers in the face, I'm advocating
> > > > that we provide information about him in Wikipedia.
> > >
> > > ...why? Wikipedia is not a registry of sex offenders. We're an
> > > *encyclopedia*. Being convicted of a crime was not, last I checked,
> > > even remotely near any sensible threshold for inclusion...
> > >
> > > Yes, we have "more of a right" to provide information about him than
> > > about some other people... but that doesn't mean we need to, or that
> > > anyone would be well-served by us doing so.
> > >
> > The simplest answer to why is that there are a lot of people who want
> > to know about him.  Also, there is a lot of misinformation going
> > around.
> >
> > Frankly, I thought the answer to "why" was obvious, which is why my
> > message above focussed on why I think it's OK.
> >
> > Anthony
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> Where is the evidence that a lot of people want to know about him?
>
> How many reliable sources do we have on him?
>
> Some people on a website have decided to mock him. I don't think that we
> should have an article on every person who has ever committed an offence
> especially when there are so few reliable sources of information about him.
>
> Regards
>
>
> *Keith Old*
>
> Keith Old
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