2007/1/7, Frederick Noronha fred@bytesforall.org:
Should we presume that because an initiative is not very visible in cyberspace (okay, we are under-digitised societies!) that it is not prominent or noteworthy?
No, but it does work the other way around: we need some kind of indication that it is prominent or noteworthy, and cyberspace-presence is one of the easier ways to get such an indication.
See as one example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikalp This is a campaign against censorship of documentary film in India, one which has the participation of about 250 documentary film-makers.
When I Google for:
Vikalp "films for freedom"
which would be a quite specific search, I still get 500+ hits. If it were notable,
There must be some way out. Your suggestions would be welcome. FN
Well, in the ideal case, the article itself would be enough to judge notability, and a Google search would only be necessary if there were doubts about the actual correctness of the notability claims.