Talk:Jihad Dib

Regarding children names

So i keep adding the children's names and they are repeatedly removed; however, nowhere have i been shown wiki policy that bans this practice and there are plenty of other articles where the names of non-notable children are listed. So why can i not add these and why am i the one being threatened with being blocked when others that are removing the content are reverting for no acceptable reason?--58.106.235.75 (talk) 02:12, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

We are building an encyclopedia of notable facts and people. Just because a fact is in the public domain does not mean we must report it. The gold standard for adding names of non-notable family to an article is "such information is relevant to a reader's complete understanding of the subject". You have failed to explain in any way how reporting the names of Dib's children enhances our knowledge and understanding of him. Including three routine names of non-notable people does nothing to better the article. Dib's brother, on the other hand, is worthy of inclusion as he too is notable. WWGB (talk) 03:33, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

@WWGB: But you have not shown that it is illegal (according to wiki policy) to add these names. Can you show me where it says explicitly "you are not allowed to add the names of non-notable children"? I think you are exaggerating the opposition to such inclusions when really there is no argument to stop me from my edit. I find that some of the most notable politician's articles on wiki (e.g. Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, David Cameron) have the names of their children. Now if such articles (that would be much more heavily patrolled on wiki) add their non-notable names, who are you to strike a lone course and oppose an articles edit that garners much less scrutiny. Again, i would like you to show proof that my edit is clearly illegal (according to wiki policy)—not your interpretation of the law, that contradicts much more prominent articles. Otherwise, i will add my edit again and if my actions must be judged before other editors then i am more than confident in defending them.--58.106.235.75 (talk) 03:55, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Oh, and to answer your question "how reporting the names of Dib's children enhances our knowledge and understanding of him"? I could very well answer that knowing that he has 2 girls and 1 boy enhances our knowledge of him—as compared to only knowing he has 3 children. I could also say it tells us they have Arabic names, which would imply that their father has a strong sense of Lebanese-Muslim identity (which is relevant to his history)—likewise, this enhances our understanding of him. This is why unless you provide explicit rules that oppose my edit, i don't see why i should be held by your interpretation of ambiguous wiki policy.--58.106.235.75 (talk) 04:01, 1 April 2015 (UTC)