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.