[WikiEN-l] Verifiability equating to notability

[Anthony DiPierro]

On 4/24/06, Philip Welch <wikipedia at philwelch.net> wrote:
> On Apr 23, 2006, at 4:21 PM, Steve Block wrote:
>
> > I had a bash at creating a proposal which would define notability on
> > wikipedia as meaning that an article or topic is mentioned in a third
> > party reliable source.
>
> I can provide multiple third party reliable sources as evidence that
> there is a four way stop on the intersection between Merman Drive and
> Terre View Drive in Pullman, Washington. Does that mean that
> aforementioned four way stop is worthy of mention in Wikipedia?
>
According to his proposal, yes, it does.

Of course, to be realistic you'd have to add in [[Wikipedia:Article
size]].  An article just about a four-way stop would probably be
better off merged with another article and redirected, unless it was a
particularly interesting four-way stop.

Anthony