As for citizen journalists interviewing sitting heads of state, I think this may have been done before in the past. Shankbone would not be the first to do so.
Who is
"Heroic" here interviewing the Premier?
More emphatically, what about Leonardo DiCaprio
doing an interview in 2000 with President Clinton?
And let's not forget Lady Cook's
interview with President Teddy Roosevelt in 1907.
But, then, I could see the debate centering on what it means to be a "citizen journalist". Is Leo DiCaprio not a citizen journalist because he derives a steady income outside of journalism and never strives to pursue journalistic activities on a regular basis? Do we really mean "amateur" journalism, since every journalist is a "citizen"?
I think this is a silly reason to hang a Wikipedia article's survival in the balance. I once shook hands more than 5 separate times within 5 minutes with former President Jimmy Carter. Do I get a Wikipedia article, or would that not count for anything because Carter was not a "sitting" head of state at the time?
Meanwhile...
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Keep per Prodego, pending confirmation of basis. While I realize we should guard against navel gazing, if one of our own becomes notable, we should not flinch from a biography on that individual. KillerChihuahua 00:35, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, like that great Carolyn Doran article I frequently read and re-read on Wikipedia.
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