David Gerard wrote:
Yeah. The "wait" solution is bolstered by its clear effectiveness on [[Brian Peppers]] - after a year, it was obvious "oh, he's not really notable after all." Just some poor bugger with a weird condition.
Well, we never really got to come to a conclusion on that. And the conclusion we came to was pathetically wrong, so it's a poor example across the board.
Notability isn't temporary, whether it's some unfortunate web meme or a large-scale act of civil disobedience. Yes, probably, if we had an article on the situation and on the number, it would decrease it better than the typical overreaction we tend to have.
-Jeff