On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Phil Sandifer wrote:
Think I made that article up? People quite reasonably believe the batarang deserves an article. Extend that to Moon Knight's throwing arrows, which I could quite happily add an article on the basis of West Coast Avengers #18-24 or thereabouts. The best stick we've got at the moment to cut away at this is reliable sources.
No. That's a crappy stick, because quite frankly, West Coast Avengers #18-24 is a reliable source, and should remain a reliable source. (Because otherwise we get into a whole host of other problems. Primary source research like this is important.) The thing to tell someone who wants an article on Moon Knight's throwing arrows is "No, and stop being stupid." But we're doing a bad job of that, and so we've contorted our sourcing policies to try to cover this, which is a problem, because they do a very bad job of it.
I think you're otherwise right, but the correct thing to tell someone who wants an article on Moon Knight's arrows is "that isn't notable."
Stretching WP:RS to encompass something that really should be under notability is a bad idea.