Is Randal L Schwartz notable enough for Wikipedia?

Re:Is Randal L Schwartz notable enough for Wikipedia? by jamesbritt on Sunday August 21, 2011 @08:32PM (#2910758)

This is a Web site that thinks it appropriate to offer a synopsis for every episode of Burn Notice. There's a page for each season, plus a page for the show itself.

Why is the inclusion of Randal even an issue?

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Any other content not suitable for an encyclopedia"

I like Burn Notice, it's fun and entertaining. But does it need to be in an encyclopedia? More so than Randal L Schwartz? Talk about intellectual mob rule[0].

0: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/07/11/110711fa_fact_...

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Re:Is Randal L Schwartz notable enough for Wikipedia? by JoshTriplett on Tuesday August 23, 2011 @12:24AM (#2915331)

I frequently use Wikipedia as a source of information on a TV series, and that includes an episode list and synopses. If people might want to look it up, why should they have to move that content elsewhere to one of the various TV summary sites, most of which suck a lot more than Wikipedia (with the exception of special cases for shows popular enough to have dedicated sites, like Memory Alpha).

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Re:Is Randal L Schwartz notable enough for Wikipedia? by jamesbritt on Tuesday August 23, 2011 @08:23PM (#2918924)

* I frequently use Wikipedia as a source of information on a TV series, ... *

So do I, and it's quite handy. But if Wikipedia is to be the host for what is, essentially, mass-media trivia, then why would it not also be the host for arguably less mundane content, such as a page on Randal Schwartz. Or me, for that matter?

It just depends on how Wikipedia's owners decide to handle it. But they're currently defining themselves as an encyclopedia.

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