There is no policy or guideline I know of that says articles have to be brief nor should an articles length be determined by the length of another McCarthys page is  words So what William Shakespeares four times longer   As for the Public Persona and Personal life sections a number of biographical articles have them They are not found in all articles because not all biographical subjects are outspoken or controversial people known for a particular public image and because article material is limited by what can be found in secondary sources The Peter David article has such a section for the same reason that Rob Liefeld has an extensive Criticism section when Jim Lee does not Its merited by the different lives they lead the sources available for that material etc