On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 15:30:33 +0200, you wrote:
I totally support that. I would also like the basic reasons for notability guidelines to be stated more explicitly. We don't, from memory, have any rationale stronger than "Wikipedia is not paper, but still!"
Some time back I tried to include an underpinning policy section in notability guidelines - the point being that if something is not notable, it is unlikely to be verifiable from reliable sources. Notability is a shorthand for WP:V, WP:RS and WP:NOT (an indiscriminate collection of information).
Case in point: Cleveland Steamer, where at least one voter at AfD said it should remain because Wikipedia was the only reference he could find to it. Cited sources are unquestionably not reliable. Guy (JzG)