On 1/17/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
For some lists, it makes sense to include less notable items, but I don't think it does in this case. The business model is notable because it is used by notable sites - if the sites it's used by turn out not to be notable, then the list shouldn't even exist. A website set up by John X is notable (although maybe not enough for an article) because it was set up by John X, rather than John X being notable for setting up the website - it's the other way around.
Yeah, I agree with your reasoning. There's no other claim to fame for this business model. You could imagine a situation where a business model was notable due to having been endorsed by some famous person (eg, Kofi Annan says websites should do Y), then some hitherto un-notable website that actually does Y would be worth mentioning in that context.
Steve