Talk:Robert Crowley/CIA Sources 2

Simplification / Explanation

A reference about where these names came from would help. What is the logic behind splitting this into pieces? Is there some functionality which breaks if they are all in the same list? If we can have them as a single list, I suggest Robert Crowley/CIA Sources as a pagename, i.e. the "CIA Sources of Robert Crowley". We could give it "|constitutes=list". -- Robin (talk) 10:51, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

I'll get around to tidying it with references & context as soon as possible! The logic behind splitting this into two is that Wikispooks has max 2500 members in a list. This one is more than 2600 names. The only other one like this is Council on Foreign Relations/Members/Council on Foreign Relations/Members 2/Council on Foreign Relations/Members 3, since CFR has more than 5000 members.

Terje (talk) 11:09, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Why list all 5000 members of the CFR on the site, when the current membership roster is public? Suggest listing only prominent members, such as George Soros, and others who already have pages on Wikispooks. It would be a good idea to archive the list from time-to-time, because names drop off, like Rudy Guiliani and Tulsi Gabbard.

Suresh (talk) 1:52, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Hi Suresh,

All of the lists on Wikispooks are public domain!, but by adding them to Wikispooks, we get an easy way to add important details to many biographies at once + we get to see the members in each group. The ones with Wikispooks-articles are "blue" - so George Soros gets a mention in his article automatically - while the others are "red", i.e. no article. Updating dynamic lists is an eternal struggle, but I see Tulsi Gabbard is mentioned as "Council on Foreign Relations/Historical Members".

Terje (talk) 07:25, 20 September 2023 (UTC)