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Ryan Delaney wrote:
Han Dao wrote:
The problem is that most webcomics that are added into the encyclopedia are usually non-notable. So editors tend to vote delete because most will be non notable.
You talk about notability like it's some objective thing. Where are you getting this standard from?
I agree. Arguing about "notability" is often based on "I have(n't) heard of this, so it must be (non-)notable."
A better argument (although all arguments about notability lead to the same greased incline) is the Principle of Least Astonishment. That is:
* Would you be surprised to see this article in an encyclopedia? * Would you be surprised to not see this article in an encyclopedia?
The best argument of all (not that there are any good ones) is demonstrating how/why the article on X is any different to any other W, where W and X are in the set Y. If Y has size 2,000,000 and X is no different from the other 1,999,999 members of Y, then it is pointless to have an article on X. If however X is one of a much smaller subset of Y (eg. 20 instead of 2,000,000) or is somehow unique amongst Y (apart from the "every snowflake is unique" definition of uniqueness), then it makes sense to have an article on X (or at least the smaller subset).
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