WJhonson(a)aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 4/28/2009 12:30:58 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
saintonge(a)telus.net writes:
Requiring the author
to explain why a property is notable makes it easier to have shifting
goalposts for notability to satisfy the AfD denizens.>>
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We have always placed the burden of proof-of-notability on the contributing
author, not on the rest of the AfD posters. That's been true across each
AfD for notability that I've seen. I doubt it's going to change. I did
not create that, it's just the way it is.
Will Johnson
I disagree. To delete requires a consensus to delete. That is, a
consensus of people believe the article has no place on wikipedia.
There are still some of us who remember that [[WP:N]] and other
notability guidelines are only guidelines for a reason, they indicate
how debates have tended to go in the past, they don't determine them, or
legislate them.
For myself, I look at the merits of the article, and use common sense.
Actually, I NEVER read notability guidelines.