Talk:Canadian Who's Who

Copyright problem removed

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Notability Problem

Edited the article to remove some of the PROMO stuff and include the references from the AfD, the Robert Fullford 1996 article (they only actual article ever from an independent RS on Canadian Who's Who), and the MacLean's 2018 article (highlighting the problem outlined by Fullford of unreliability). Ultimately, this publication is a ghost in mainstream Canadian media and never get mentioned. The reason being that the material is not suitable as a reference guide (one of the arguments made at AfD). Some of the other refs quoted as AfD were not suitable - catalog listings, promotional reviews. Britishfinance (talk) 15:28, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Further, because the publication is barely referenced in Canadian media, I don’t think we can solve the reliance on primary sourcing for details of the publication. The last independent secondary source to discuss the details was Fulford in 1996. Britishfinance (talk) 15:53, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Good job on the rewrite. I think the current state of the sourcing is just enough to pass WP:NBOOK, even if it's unlikely the article will ever expand much more than this. As long as it's made clear the publication is little-used and unreliable, I think it's fine as it is. – Teratix ₵ 22:38, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Teratix. I think the NBOOK could still be challenged as the Fullford article is from his blog (NBOOK excludes blogs) and I can't find the source Global and Mail article. The other source, Canadian Trivia Book is also borderline. However, will leave that to others; at least the article now captures what we know to be true about this publication. thanks Britishfinance (talk) 00:25, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

You need a Globe and Mail subscription to access articles written before 2000, so I'm not surprised it's unavailable. – Teratix ₵ 00:50, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

That would explain it. Britishfinance (talk) 01:45, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Who's Who in Canada

Not sure whether this should be a new section or separate article.

Who's Who in Canada redirects to Canadian Who's Whp. There was once an unrelated directory called Who's Who in Canada published by International Press. See https://www.worldcat.org/title/320049059 Google Scholar shows several hits for academic work in which being listed in Who's Who in Canada is taken as a measure of high social position, but I only noticed one review of the directory. It seems to have vanished, but I don't know whether it was bought out by the publishers of Canadian Who's Who. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 00:04, 8 June 2023 (UTC)