[Wikipedia-l] Entries getting delete...

[The Cunctator]

On 4/12/07, Erica <fangaili at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 12/04/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Non-notability is not a reason for speedy deletion, only non-assertion
> > > of notability. There is very little room for systemic bias with CSD
> > > A7. An article about a notable person that does not assert that
> > > notability can be speedy deleted (the admin can't know they are
> > --
>
> On 4/12/07, Frederick Noronha <fred at bytesforall.org> wrote:
> > Well, I don't think so. Just to continue on this example, there are
> > 732 links for Google for this group, and some time back we were saying
> > that a presence in cyberspace is one of the factors on which
> > notability could be determined. Anyone who checked the entry would
> > have probably noticed this link which was put up originally itself:
> >
> http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=com.ubuntu%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=VCv&q=ungana+afrika+&btnG=Search&meta=
> > FN
> >
>
> Honestly, it's not the admin's job to google everything. If the
> article creator doesn't specify a notiablity assertion, it's an A7
> candidate.


Which I think is  a crap policy, frankly.