On Oct 3, 2005, at 2:28 PM, geni wrote:
On 10/3/05, Philip Sandifer snowspinner@gmail.com wrote:
An equally large chunk, however, were, if not speedies, at least things that any sensible person who watches AfD for a day or two could determine the result of in advance. If we add "verifiability" as a speedy criterion, the number that could be speedied goes to around 85%, I think.
Come up with a solid defintion of verifiable
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Information that is checkable through a source that is both reasonably accessible and reasonably likely to be around in a decade. Internet sources are maximally accessible and kind of minimally permanent, though it depends on the website - the higher the Alexa ranking of the site that hosts the information, in general the more likely it is to survive, if for no other reason than that archive.org is likely to preserve it. Random Geocities pages and the like - not enough for verifiability.
Print media through a reputable press is pretty much always enough - newspapers, magazines, etc. A decent rule of thumb for print would be "Is there likely a university library in America that's holding onto this?" If yes, it's enough.
-Snowspinner