The Tragedy of Having a Wikipedia Page—and Then Losing It
WIRED · 26 Oct 2026

The Tragedy of Having a Wikipedia Page—and Then Losing It

All three have had a biography on Wikipedia; all three of those biographies were considered for deletion this year on the grounds that the subjects were not notable enough to warrant a biography at all. Every day, dozens, sometimes hundreds, of Wikipedia biographies—of child actors turned LA realtors, retired ambassadors, soccer players who have played less than 10 minutes of professional soccer—are purged from the world’s free encyclopedia.


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