Ian Tresman wrote:
At 12:16 10/01/2007, you wrote:
I agree that notability should be judged by those
familiar with the field.
The only problem here, is that fields have sub-fields, and sub-fields
have specialists.
I don't see this as a problem. The person questioning the notability
would tag it in the subject where he thinks it belongs, which could be a
high level subject. After that it's up to the project members to
determine if it belongs in a sub-category.
I think an article subject is notable if someone has
noted it in a
reliable source(s).
How well do you know what the reliable sources are when you are outside
of your fields of interest?
There is a danger of peers in a field assessing a
controversial
subject as non-notable for the wrong reasons, ie. confusing
notability with importances.
That is a potential downside, but at least the debate is then between
those who have some familiarity with the subject.
Ec