On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:29:44 -0800, "Matthew Brown" morven@gmail.com wrote:
I think that Tim Noah misunderstands what's going on there. A lot of our notability guidelines appear to have been created out of a fear of not looking legitimate and acceptable - "How can we be accepted as a serious encyclopedia when we have articles about <xxx>?"
Up to a point. A lot of subject-specific guidelines were written by very small groups of dedicated fans. The primary notability criterion - being the subject of multiple non-trivial references in reliable secondary sources - is a pretty good starting point if you want to build a reference that is verifiable, neutral and neither a directory nor a publisher of first instance.
Guy (JzG)