On 31/12/2007, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/31/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Remember that "notability" is a Wikipedia jargon word back-formed from the use of "non-notable" on AFD to mean "I've never heard of it."
Really?
Really. "Non-notable" was VFD speak for "I don't like it" or "I've never heard of it." From this came the back-formation "notable" and a series of specious "notability" guidelines which have somehow failed to collapse under their own weight.
- d.