While the biographies of living persons policy does not apply directly to the subject of this article, it may contain material that relates to living persons, such as friends and family of persons no longer living, or living persons involved in the subject matter. Unsourced or
poorly sourced contentious material about living persons must be removed immediately. If such material is re-inserted repeatedly, or if there are other concerns related to this policy, please see
this noticeboard.
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This article is written in
Canadian English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, centre, travelled, realize, analyze) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other
varieties of English. According to the
relevant style guide, this should not be changed without
broad consensus.
Non-notable people
Generally, I don't think we should include names of non-notable (per
WP:BLP) unless there is an encyclopedic reason to do so. While BLP does not apply to this article directly, we need to be mindful of the effect on them. Generally, they should be excluded. I have removed them for now. If there is a consensus to include them, they can be added back but in particular I think we need to be mindful of
WP:BLPNAME,
WP:BLPCRIME and perhaps
WP:AVOIDVICTIM.--
Darryl Kerrigan (
talk) 01:18, 25 March 2023 (UTC)reply
I think you're correct that non-notable people should be excluded from the article. The issue in this case is that many of the individuals involved (particularly the corporate billionaires) currently lack English-language Wikipedia pages, but otherwise meet/exceed the criteria for notability. I don't think that there is harm in including the names of notable individuals even if they currently lack pages, but if you prefer to remove them for the time being to be safe that seems reasonable.
I will very slowly populate English-language pages for the individuals involved who meet notability criteria and re-add names/links as that occurs. It's going to take a long time. Appreciate any help if you have some to spare!
ScienceMan123 (
talk) 13:42, 25 March 2023 (UTC)reply
You may be right. I hadn't heard of most of the people named before. Just because I don't know them, doesn't mean they aren't notable or worthy of their own articles though. I would recommend you have a good read of the
notability guidelines and specifically
WP:ONEEVENT if you haven't already. It would be a shame to spend time creating new pages, only to have some of those articles deleted, if they don't meet our notability rules.--
Darryl Kerrigan (
talk) 14:15, 25 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Thanks for pointing me towards
WP:ONEEVENT, I will keep it in mind when interpreting the notability guidelines.
ScienceMan123 (
talk) 17:31, 25 March 2023 (UTC)reply
While the biographies of living persons policy does not apply directly to the subject of this article, it may contain material that relates to living persons, such as friends and family of persons no longer living, or living persons involved in the subject matter. Unsourced or
poorly sourced contentious material about living persons must be removed immediately. If such material is re-inserted repeatedly, or if there are other concerns related to this policy, please see
this noticeboard.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Canada, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Canada on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CanadaWikipedia:WikiProject CanadaTemplate:WikiProject CanadaCanada-related articles
This article is written in
Canadian English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, centre, travelled, realize, analyze) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other
varieties of English. According to the
relevant style guide, this should not be changed without
broad consensus.
Non-notable people
Generally, I don't think we should include names of non-notable (per
WP:BLP) unless there is an encyclopedic reason to do so. While BLP does not apply to this article directly, we need to be mindful of the effect on them. Generally, they should be excluded. I have removed them for now. If there is a consensus to include them, they can be added back but in particular I think we need to be mindful of
WP:BLPNAME,
WP:BLPCRIME and perhaps
WP:AVOIDVICTIM.--
Darryl Kerrigan (
talk) 01:18, 25 March 2023 (UTC)reply
I think you're correct that non-notable people should be excluded from the article. The issue in this case is that many of the individuals involved (particularly the corporate billionaires) currently lack English-language Wikipedia pages, but otherwise meet/exceed the criteria for notability. I don't think that there is harm in including the names of notable individuals even if they currently lack pages, but if you prefer to remove them for the time being to be safe that seems reasonable.
I will very slowly populate English-language pages for the individuals involved who meet notability criteria and re-add names/links as that occurs. It's going to take a long time. Appreciate any help if you have some to spare!
ScienceMan123 (
talk) 13:42, 25 March 2023 (UTC)reply
You may be right. I hadn't heard of most of the people named before. Just because I don't know them, doesn't mean they aren't notable or worthy of their own articles though. I would recommend you have a good read of the
notability guidelines and specifically
WP:ONEEVENT if you haven't already. It would be a shame to spend time creating new pages, only to have some of those articles deleted, if they don't meet our notability rules.--
Darryl Kerrigan (
talk) 14:15, 25 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Thanks for pointing me towards
WP:ONEEVENT, I will keep it in mind when interpreting the notability guidelines.
ScienceMan123 (
talk) 17:31, 25 March 2023 (UTC)reply