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

[Jake Nelson]

On 2/28/07, Matthew Brown <morven at gmail.com> wrote:
> Notability guidelines, IMO, should be guidelines for inclusion, not
> exclusion; in other words, if it passes this test, then of course we
> keep it, no need to re-debate it.  They should be speedy-keep
> guidelines.

Well said... it might be good to add a {{propose}}d [[WP:Criteria for
speedy retention]] that is to [[WP:Speedy keep]] as [[WP:CSD]] is to
[[WP:Speedy deletions]].

Something like:
"
Articles to be "speedy kept" include:
#[[Wikipedia:Featured articles]]
#Articles which have had an [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion]]
discussion closed as "keep" within the last three months
#Articles which are considered "notable", under standards for notability

Note that absence of any or all of these criteria do not constitute
grounds for deletion.
"

Plus the stuff already in the "applicability" section of [[WP:SK]].