Forum:CT Archive/Real-world biographies

As of late there has been some discussion about whether or not we should include a biography on real people even though most of that information will not relate to their work in Star Wars. For example, should an article such as Mark Hamill have extraneous information that doesn't relate to his work with Star Wars? I'm of the opinion that if we're going to have an article on a real-life person that we may as well try to have as much verifiable information on them as possible. I don't think that an article Ian McDiarmid that just says that he played the Emperor in prequel trilogy and in RotJ is beneficial to this encyclopedia as a whole and seems unprofessional

Include biography even if it doesn't relate directly to their work in Star Wars.
 * 1) Cull Tremayne 23:50, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Only include information on the person that relates pertinently to Star Wars, otherwise axe it.

Comments
 * I'm of the opinion that if we're going to have an article on a real-life person that we may as well try to have as much verifiable information on them as possible. I don't think that an article Ian McDiarmid that just says that he played the Emperor in prequel trilogy and in RotJ is beneficial to this encyclopedia as a whole and seems unprofessional, even if the information can be found elsewhere like Wikipedia. Cull Tremayne 23:50, 2 April 2007 (UTC)