Talk:List of Ebola patients/Archive 1

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 * Obviously we don't want to run afoul of guidelines; what if we make list with just the dead cases? Starstr (talk) 23:08, 9 October 2014 (UTC)


 * You say " patients without names or articles can hardly be included" but some of these have extensive sections in existing articles, and some of the ones you kept, don't have articles. Starstr (talk) 23:13, 9 October 2014 (UTC)


 * You could start by reinserting that "notable", since there is no way in which you are going to make a list of non-notable patients, "notable" typically meaning "notable by our standards" which, in practice, means "with an article". You can remove it all you like (really, edit-warring over everything does wonders for your reputation), but you will not be able to insert non-notables, since they will be removed. As for the "dead cases", our BLP also covers the recently deceased, so "dead" doesn't mean "free game". Drmies (talk) 23:15, 9 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Frankly, I have doubts concerning the encyclopaedic merits of this list - it clearly couldn't include every Ebola case, even if WP:BLP policy allowed it, and restricting it to 'notable' cases will effectively ensure that the few non-African cases get coverage entirely out of proportion to their real significance. If individual cases of Ebola are actually of demonstrable significance, they are better dealt with in articles which explain why, in detail and in context. AndyTheGrump (talk) 00:25, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
 * That "notable" thing and proportionality, yes, that's a thing: part and parcel of being on the English wiki. Restriction to "notable" people is, of course, wiki-wide accepted practice. Drmies (talk) 15:12, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Also, the purpose of this list is replicated by Template:Ebola. JKDw (talk) 05:32, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Ha, well, that template potentially has the exact same problem (and links to this article). Drmies (talk) 15:12, 10 October 2014 (UTC)


 * am wondering what the policy/guidelines for whether list articles should exist or not. sorry for my ignorance, but can anyone point me to them?  if this is a list article that should stand, we should perhaps decide what its scope is, and what function we want it to fulfill.   thanks. Jytdog (talk) 00:37, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * MOS:LIST and WP:WPLIST are both relevant to your query (and point to more such pages). Lady  of  Shalott  18:21, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

This List of notable Ebola patients is for the 2014 outbreaks. Should it be further renamed? I have an idea! What if we translate this for the Wikipedia projects in the most-profoundly affected nations and let those Wikipedians argue for greater inclusion in the international phenomenon? MaynardClark (talk) 14:44, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
 * What would be the new title? VandVictory (talk) 23:51, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

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