On 09/04/07, Jeff Raymond jeff.raymond@internationalhouseofbacon.com wrote:
MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
If someone is real-world notable and we can back it up, I don't see how Wikipedia notability would be any different.
Because Wikipedia notability, in many people's minds, needs more than simply "backing it up." Society's idea of notable is fluid and depends on what you're talking about - Wikipedia's got a small but vocal number of people who feel notability is constant and defined only by who says as such.
It's why there needs to be a distinction - "not so notable" or "borderline notability" is a false concept that only exists in that small but vocal group. It has little in the way of a basis in reality, and is not defined by anything that is logical.
"Notability" has no divinely-ordained, objective definition that can be logically deduced. The definition of "notability" changes according to how much the person using the word wants an article to be deleted.