Sue Gardner wrote: > Can I ask: does anyone reading this thread 1) think raising the notability > threshold is a bad idea, 2) believe defaulting to deletion upon request is a > bad idea, or 3) disagree with the notion that other Wikipedias should shift > closer to the German Wikipedia's generally-less-permissive policies and > practices, particularly WRT BLPs? >
To the first question: I am not sure if this really helps solve the problem. We will always mention peoples inside or outside of BLP articles that are maybe not so notable. We will cite them, report what is reported about them, etc. Frankly, I think the notability threshold between de-wp and en-wp are quite similar. The german have different focus. For example all parliament members of Germany have their article on de-wp, but not all american congressmen or senators has an article on de-wp. And on en-wp, most german parliament members don't have an article, while all congressmen and senators have an article. But the principle threshold for both are the same. The notability threshold are radically different on other areas, for example fictional figures, but that is not our topic. To the second question: Yes. I think there should be NONE defaulting to deletion upon request. There is also no default deletion upon request on de-wp. A request for delete should always be checked. To the third question: Yes. Partly already answered in my other mails and partly above in the answer to the first question. Ting _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
