[WikiEN-l] The Economist on "notability"

[Ray Saintonge]

Judson Dunn wrote:
> Anyway, I much prefer Utility as a criteria. Would people use an
> article about cholesterol, yes. Would they use one about Bulbasaur?
> yes. Would they use one about a Leica D-lux 3, yes. Would they use one
> about every fire hydrant in Pancake, TX? No.
>
> Luckily this is solved by our other inclusion policies already, it
> would be trivial to find reliable sources for the first three, much
> harder, if it's even possible, for the fourth. We don't really need
> any new policy, we just need to get rid of notability for good.
Certainly, we may find it difficult to imagine that anyone might find a 
reliable source for those fire hydrants, but if they do we must respect 
that.

So there really is a place called Pancake, Texas (population 11), but we 
don't even mention it in our article on [[Coryell County, Texas]], or 
even that the post office was once named "Bush".  I haven't checked if 
we have articles on Pancake, PA or Pancake, WV, or the historical 
Pancake, NV.

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