[WikiEN-l] Tim Noah addresses the notion of notability in another Slate article

[Guy Chapman aka JzG]

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:29:44 -0800, "Matthew Brown" <morven at gmail.com>
wrote:

>I think that Tim Noah misunderstands what's going on there.  A lot of
>our notability guidelines appear to have been created out of a fear of
>not looking legitimate and acceptable - "How can we be accepted as a
>serious encyclopedia when we have articles about <xxx>?"

Up to a point.  A lot of subject-specific guidelines were written by
very small groups of dedicated fans.  The primary notability criterion
- being the subject of multiple non-trivial references in reliable
secondary sources - is a pretty good starting point if you want to
build a reference that is verifiable, neutral and neither a directory
nor a publisher of first instance.

Guy (JzG)
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