On 2/28/07, Jeff Raymond jeff.raymond@internationalhouseofbacon.com wrote:
geni wrote:
Notability means there is likely to be enough verifiable material about a subject from enough different sources to write about it in a NPOV manner without resorting to original research.
No it doesn't. At least that's not what's being pushed, and it's CERTAINLY not what's occurring in practice.
It is the only way that notability guidelines SHOULD work, however.
Notability guidelines, IMO, should be guidelines for inclusion, not exclusion; in other words, if it passes this test, then of course we keep it, no need to re-debate it. They should be speedy-keep guidelines.
They cannot be authoritative, and thus an article's failure to meet their standards should simply mean that more discussion is required.
-Matt