* Posts by SteveBaker

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Wikipedia kills legendary journalist

SteveBaker

Read what ACTUALLY happened.

In truth, what happened is that some idiot posted a note to "Articles for Deletion" (which they are entitled do to on grounds of free speech, etc) and almost every person who responded to it said that the article should be kept. How on earth does that justify the sensationalist title of this article?

Wikipedia behaved responsibly...the outcome is as it should be.

The comment from one editor that death doesn't imply notability is true. About half a million people die every day - the vast majority of them are not notable enough to have a Wikipedia biography written about them.