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

[Guy Chapman aka JzG]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:44:00 -0500, Jeff Raymond
<jeff.raymond at internationalhouseofbacon.com> wrote:

>There is a strong group who would prefer a one-size-fits-all 
>"notability" guideline with lots of exceptions, instead of clear, 
>subject-specific ones. 

No, there is a group who favour a single objective notability
guidelines with subject-specific definitions of what constitutes a
reliable source.  Having subject specific notability guidelines which
aim to act as exceptions to canonical policy was never a terribly good
idea.

Guy (JzG)
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