On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 15:14, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote: > Sarah wrote: >> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 14:33, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I think anyone who has been in the "BLP trenches" has had the same thought. >>> The reality is that an encyclopedia without a "Barack Obama" article or a >>> "Nelson Mandela" article really isn't a general reference encyclopedia, or >>> at least isn't a very good one. The issue is making a reasonable distinction >>> between those types of individuals and everyone else. >>> >> We could solve that by hosting only BLPs that have already had >> encyclopedic or extensive treatment elsewhere, i.e. have already been >> the subject of (a) an encyclopedia article; or (b) a book or book >> chapter from a reliable publisher; or (c) a profile or in-depth piece >> in a high-quality newspaper (one about the person, not about events >> the person was involved in). >> >> I know this has been suggested before, but it's coming time to >> consider it seriously. > > That sounds vaguely similar to > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP_problem#Dead_tree_standard>. > > Let me know if you start a Requests for comment/discussion about this. I'd > be interested, as would a number of other list participants, I imagine. > Yes, it's similar to "dead tree standard," except not applied only if a BLP subject requests deletion, but applied across the board. It would solve our BLP vanity article issue too.
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