Whether I agree with that depends on your definition of
'significant'
(and 'reliable' as well). Basically, it's just shifting the discussion
from relevancy to something that is almost as badly defined. Just like
there is a level between "can be seen in one scene of a small movie"
and "won an Oscar for best actress" where an actress becomes notable
enough, there is a level between "got her name mentioned in two
different articles in the Smalltown Weekly" and "had a biography about
her published by a mainstream publisher" where her coverage gets
'significant'.
What I see as a major problem in this point is that people tend to
have widely diverging opinions on where to draw the line,
Exactly. Significancy is subjective just as notability. The sum of
human knowledge includes items that are neither significant nor notable.
As Jimbo says, the criteria for inclusion is verifiability (excluding
original research).
Regards,
Ian Tresman
www.plasma-universe.com