On 10/3/05, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic(a)gmail.com> wrote:
When
people fight for the inclusion of websites and webcomics (for
example) it's more of a vanity issue. It may be verifiable and
presented in an NPOV manner, but the fact they're trying to get a
comic/site with a tiny audience into a general purpose encyclopedia is
POV too, an attempt at promotion.
Surely third-party verifiability takes care of this one. If someone
else cares to write something verifiable about it, it should get in.
My point is that far too often, it's not "someone else" doing the
writing. Hence the use of the word vanity.
If this is true in general of non-notability deletion listings of articles
about comics, bands, schools and whatnot, it's news to me. Are you
absolutely *sure* that non-notability deletions on Wikipedia are usually
simply because the person writing the article is not a third party but is
someone associated with their production, operation or distribution? Because
that's what you seem to be saying.