Talk:Free Roman Polanski petition

I'm a novice, so I accept being on the outside here, but I'm perplexed as to why this article got the death sentence.

If the article is poorly cited (which I refute), add more and better citiations. They are readily available.

If the article is dominated by the list of names — which are a large part of the substance that makes it a high-profile petition — add to it. But I summarized the content of the petition and provided a link to the petition to direct people to the full content.

I don't see any problem whatsoever regarding the notion that the names on the list cannot be verified. The petition and the signatories were widely reported. Those sources qualify us to re-list the names here. If some alleged signatory or other person has made a public claim that his or her name was erroneously included in those reports, then, by all means, that claim should be included in the article, perhaps by placing an asterisk next to the name and explaining below. If the claim is very strong and verifiable, then their name can be edited out of the list, and the story of their incorrect inclusion listed below as another interestting fact about the petition.

I thought it made a worthy seperate article because it's too large a tangent to fit into the other article, but important enough for those digging deeply that it should be recorded for posterity within the encylopedia. Like the manner in whiich the discography for a band is often listed in a seperate article, this seemed appropriate.

Edgy DC (talk) 17:16, 28 December 2009 (UTC)