[WikiEN-l] Notability in Wikipedia

[David Gerard]

2009/4/27 doc <doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com>:
> David Gerard wrote:
>> 2009/4/27 doc <doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com>:

>>> Google books is fine, as is google itself.
>>> Neither is a substitute for common sense.
>>> I'll take the subjectivity of human common sense over the arithmetic of
>>> search engines any day.

>> Certainly. But when someone seems not to be engaging it, it can be
>> useful to wave the actual book (or a scan), not merely say "there's a
>> book."

> You are missing the point. I should not have to. If we have reasonably
> trustworthy information on something that commonsense tells us has some
> level of enduring significance, then finding a book should be unnecessary.
> Commonsense, where it is more than just one person's view, should be
> sufficient.


I'm not saying you should have to, I quite agree. I just lack faith in
the common sense of 100% of AFD regulars ...


- d.