Thanks Deryk, there seems to be some deep feelings on this one. There seems to some suspicion that there is a conspiracy to raise the profile of women on Wikipedia..... well they are right! However that doesn't mean to say that we want to ignore the rules.
I recently wrote an article about a Nigerian model and 25 seemingly unrelated web sites then ran a story about the fact that "Wikipedia had chosen her". Worrying to see that the press is covering such minor stuff. Anyway thanks from "Women in Red". R On 15 December 2016 at 18:40, Deryck Chan <deryckc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've just gone ahead and closed > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_ > deletion/Laura_Coryton > as keep. > > In a sense the BBC is gaming the system by writing out loud that Laura > Coryton doesn't have an article but should be, because the article itself > then becomes a reliable source which pushes the subject up a notch on the > notability scale. > http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/item/96d9abef-b668-42b7-a3bd-6305c42b5ff9 > > But on the AfD itself, few comments were raised about the BBC article's > effect on this AfD. While I will never know how many of those > unsubstantiated "keep because I think this article meets the inclusion > guideline" comments were swayed by the BBC campaign, it seems that very few > people thought the BBC campaign directly affected the notability of these > women. > > I hope these observations will be useful for future BBC/WMUK > collaborations. > > Deryck (with his en.wp admin hat on) > > > On 10 December 2016 at 21:48, Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> wrote: > >> >> >> A comment from User:Czar >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_UK/Events/BBC_100_Women >> >> Gordo >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > -- Roger Bamkin *0771 9790901* 01332 702993 Google+:Victuallers Skype:Victuallers1 Flickr:Victuallers2
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