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If the admin is satisfied that the request is genuine, and that the subject is, at best, only marginally notable, the BLP should be tagged as a "proposed BLP courtesy deletion." If no editor with over 100 edits in the main namespace objects within 72 hours, the BLP may be speedy deleted, along with
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Knowledge is an encyclopedia. Ideally, we aim to be an observer of the events we report, not a participant in them. For that reason, a key question to ask when assessing a subject's notability is:
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