[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia broken

[Ray Saintonge]

Steve Bennett wrote:

>On 4/7/06, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>We require not only verifiability, but notability. I can create
>>something today and document it today, but - save in rare
>>circumstances - I cannot prove its importance today.
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>If something is referenced by a third-party reliable source today,
>chances are it's important.
>
Whenever I use a quotation in Wiktionary I create a link to the author 
on Wikipedia.  This doesn't mean that I know there is an article there 
about him, but at least having a published book is evidence of notability.

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