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If you look at articles about companies in general, you will not find mention of previous employees, except in those cases where the employee was particularly notable. Even then, the information is not presented just as a list of names, but is incorporated into the text itself (for example, when a company's article talks about the policies a previous CEO had, or when they mention the discovery/invention of a former engineer/researcher). If a preexisting article is already in the encyclopedia for the person you want to add to a list, it's generally regarded as sufficient to support their inclusion in list material in another article. cheers [[User:Deconstructhis|Deconstructhis]] ([[User talk:Deconstructhis|talk]]) 16:21, 11 April 2011 (UTC) |
If you look at articles about companies in general, you will not find mention of previous employees, except in those cases where the employee was particularly notable. Even then, the information is not presented just as a list of names, but is incorporated into the text itself (for example, when a company's article talks about the policies a previous CEO had, or when they mention the discovery/invention of a former engineer/researcher). If a preexisting article is already in the encyclopedia for the person you want to add to a list, it's generally regarded as sufficient to support their inclusion in list material in another article. cheers [[User:Deconstructhis|Deconstructhis]] ([[User talk:Deconstructhis|talk]]) 16:21, 11 April 2011 (UTC) |
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Maybe you don't think that it belongs on Wikipedia but there are people who watch 13 WMAZ that want to know where some of the former employees have left and gone on to. --[[User:Chrismaster1|Chrismaster1]] ([[User talk:Chrismaster1|talk]]) 01:06, 25 May 2011 (UTC) |
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Past Personalities
I heard a rumor that Suzanne Lawler was leaving the station? Is it true? Chrismaster1 14:53, August 13, 2007
- Obviously, that rumor wasn't true. She' still there. Wmazeditor (talk) 16:56, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Speaking of sports reporters, does anyone know there whereabouts of Hugh Zeitlin? He left and didn't say where he was going. Wmazeditor (talk) 16:53, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Why no mention of Del Ward? ~~Will~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.16.220.64 (talk) 18:33, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Adding unreferenced entries of former employees to lists containing BLP material
Hello, Please do not add unreferenced names as entries to the list of former employees in articles. Including this type of material in articles does not abide by current consensus and its inclusion is strongly discouraged in our policies and guidelines. The rationales are as follows:
- WP:NOT tells us, Wikipedia is "not an indiscriminate collection of information." As that section describes, just because something is true, doesn't necessarily mean the info belongs in Wikipedia.
- As per WP:V, we cannot include information in Wikipedia that is not verifiable and sourced.
- WP:Source list tells us that lists included within articles (including people's names) are subject to the same need for references as any other information in the article.
- Per WP:BLP, we have to be especially careful about including un-sourced info about living persons.
If you look at articles about companies in general, you will not find mention of previous employees, except in those cases where the employee was particularly notable. Even then, the information is not presented just as a list of names, but is incorporated into the text itself (for example, when a company's article talks about the policies a previous CEO had, or when they mention the discovery/invention of a former engineer/researcher). If a preexisting article is already in the encyclopedia for the person you want to add to a list, it's generally regarded as sufficient to support their inclusion in list material in another article. cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 16:21, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Maybe you don't think that it belongs on Wikipedia but there are people who watch 13 WMAZ that want to know where some of the former employees have left and gone on to. --Chrismaster1 (talk) 01:06, 25 May 2011 (UTC)