[WikiEN-l] Notability in Wikipedia

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David Gerard wrote:
> 2009/4/27 doc <doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com>:
> 
>> Google books is fine, as is google itself.
>> Neither is a substitute for common sense.
>> I'll take the subjectivity of human common sense over the arithmetic of
>> search engines any day.
> 
> 
> Certainly. But when someone seems not to be engaging it, it can be
> useful to wave the actual book (or a scan), not merely say "there's a
> book."
> 
> 
> - d.


You are missing the point. I should not have to. If we have reasonably 
trustworthy information on something that commonsense tells us has some 
level of enduring significance, then finding a book should be unnecessary.

Commonsense, where it is more than just one person's view, should be 
sufficient.