[WikiEN-l] Attack Site Wars, Episode VII... The Return of the Essjay

[Jimmy Wales]

On Jun 25, 2007, at 11:27 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote:

>> Personally, I'd delete [[Essjay controversy]] - we only think it's
>> notable because it's a Wikipedia-related topic. Any other website and
>> we wouldn't have it.
>
> There was plenty of media coverage of it - that's the usual criterion
> for notability of an event.

And I think that "plenty of media coverage" is sometimes relevant,  
but certainly not dispositive.

--Jimbo