On 6/11/07, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
On 6/11/07, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
Anthony, where did you get the text above?
Which text? "A topic is presumed to be notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject."? That's from [[Wikipedia:Notability]].
Ah. however, the standard at CSD is not proof of notability but an assertion of it. Admins are not supposed to evaluate the article against [[Wikipedia:Notability]] and unilaterally decide if it meets it.
[re CSD:A7 text]
That's even worse, as "importance or significance" is even less well defined than "notability".
I suspect this is the result of someone disliking the word 'notability' and substituting 'importance or significance', and not actually a substantive difference.
Isn't "importance or significance" subjective enough? Or would "Joe Bob is an important person" qualify as asserting its importance?
I think we'd generally speedy that, but send to AFD 'Joe Bob is an important person because of x, y and z'.
-Matt