Quoting Charlotte Webb charlottethewebb@gmail.com:
On 10/29/07, John Lee johnleemk@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/29/07, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote:
No sources, half the time ("half" being probably an underestimation) on very, very borderline subjects that -just- duck speedy to start with, usually most of what's there is wrong (because it's pulled from memory, not sources), etc.
Is it your position that having no sources should constitute a criterion for speedy deletion?
Johnleemk
Well, in all fairness, this would be more concrete and objective criterion than the ones we've got. I mean right now I go could write a stub that does cite three or four sources and undoubtedly some chowderhead will want it speedy deleted, arguing that said article does not adequately assert "notability or significance", whatever that means.
—C.W.
When people do that and I'm going through the speedies I routinely remove the A7 notes. I would hope that others would do so as well. On the other hand, if the claim is obviously not true but is a claim of notability such as "X is the King of the Universe!" I'll treat that as a blatant nonsense. I however would be very worried about making no sources be a speedy criterion.