On 26 Oct 2005, at 12:15, Alphax wrote:
So, a website which sells widgets and is unknown outside of the widget
community should not have an article; a website which is reasonably
well-known in the widget community should be mentioned in the
article on
widgets; and a website which sells widgets, well known within the
widget
community, /which has been Slashdotted/, could have it's own article.
I am prepared to admit that there are things that should be well known
outside their community, and that a good and interesting article with
real links (that show the connections to the things outside the
community)
could do that. Slashdottings after all happen when someone inside the
community notices that the company has announced a new superwidget. Or
the annual report might mention something of more general importance,
perhaps the widget company was the largest financer of a politician.
These things are on the border of primary research, but are fact based
and interesting. Real links outside widgetspace make things notable and
interesting.
Justinc