# Why does this woman have a Wiki bio? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 11, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-woman-have-a-wiki-bio/810373 "2018-03-11T04:16:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-woman-have-a-wiki-bio/810373/41 "2018-03-13T12:55:16Z")
> [@Cugel](#): > > The notability requirement is quite rubbery, as individual projects have their own guidelines, which leads to valid articles such as this > [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A\_Allen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Allen) Jesus. He’s so notable, we apparently don’t even know his first name. I grew up watching the New South Wales Rugby League competition, and in my most starry-eyed, football-loving youth i don’t think i ever would have cared who A Allen was. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-woman-have-a-wiki-bio/810373/42 "2018-03-14T05:40:45Z")
I’ve created a few Wikipedia articles for notable people, and my personal rule was always to have at least six references in the first version to stay ahead of the deletionists. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-woman-have-a-wiki-bio/810373/43 "2018-03-15T03:22:36Z")
> [@Jacquernagy](#): > > I’m pretty sure that name is a play on words, and that nobody is going to have trouble finding information about it if they just use quotation marks to look it up. Yeah, I’ve definitely made a joke about drilling tunnels being “boring”. One thing that’s interesting though is finance charges on loans. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-woman-have-a-wiki-bio/810373/44 "2018-03-15T19:32:21Z")
I know what’s considered beautiful changes from generation to generation. I still have trouble believing this entry in her bio. I guess hard drinking ages everyone. > [@](#): > > next few years was regularly convicted of prostitution, ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-woman-have-a-wiki-bio/810373/45 "2018-03-15T22:50:17Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I know what’s considered beautiful changes from generation to generation. > > I still have trouble believing this entry in her bio. I guess hard drinking ages everyone. I think you have a rather, shall I say, idealistic idea of what an average prostitute looks like. She would not look out-of-place as a Chicago streetwalker. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-woman-have-a-wiki-bio/810373/46 "2018-03-16T02:01:20Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I think you have a rather, shall I say, idealistic idea of what an average prostitute looks like. She would not look out-of-place as a Chicago streetwalker. I’ve never patronized them, but from what I understand, any really attractive street prostitute is either in drag or a cop. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-woman-have-a-wiki-bio/810373/47 "2018-03-16T02:02:53Z")
Based on the [actual deletion discussion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Catherine_Lynch_(2nd_nomination)#Catherine_Lynch), it seems that it’s because someone wrote a book about her. The argument is whether this one book is enough to make her notable. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-woman-have-a-wiki-bio/810373/48 "2018-03-16T02:16:36Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I know what’s considered beautiful changes from generation to generation. > > I still have trouble believing this entry in her bio. I guess hard drinking ages everyone. Oh, come on. You’d hit it, Amiright? Inaheartbeat? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-woman-have-a-wiki-bio/810373/49 "2018-03-16T03:31:19Z")
Fraid not. She’s not my type. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-woman-have-a-wiki-bio/810373/50 "2018-03-16T04:07:44Z")
Come on guys, she used to be somebodies little girl. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-woman-have-a-wiki-bio/810373/51 "2018-03-16T04:47:50Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I think you have a rather, shall I say, idealistic idea of what an average prostitute looks like. She would not look out-of-place as a Chicago streetwalker. I would agree, both in the local prostitutes in my hometown of Tacoma and in conversations with former sex workers (a coworker who was a former stripper). If a woman was attractive enough she’d didn’t bother with streetwalking, stripping and especially escort work were both more lucrative and safer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-woman-have-a-wiki-bio/810373.md?page=2)