[Wikipedia-l] Notability changes from Jimbo's view

[daniwo59 at aol.com]

No, Verifiability has never been the criteria for inclusion in Wikipedia.  
Every branch of McDonalds can be verified by looking them up in phonebooks--that 
 does not mean that they are notable and should be included. If anything the  
criteria for notability have eroded somewhat, so that topics that would have  
been deleted on sight are included as a matter of course.
 
Danny
 
In a message dated 3/11/2007 9:20:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
it at knowledge.co.uk writes:

In the  old days, Jimbo described "Verifiability" as the criteria for 
inclusion in  Wikipedia, and this was endorsed by the description of  
"Notability".

Not any more. "Notability" has been redefined as  equating 
to:  worthiness, "attracting attention", supported by  secondary 
sources, popularity, consensus, or perceived truth.

And  articles that are not considered "note-worthy", or balderdash, 
are now  deleted, rather than described as such.

Is this what Jimbo  wants?

Regards,
Ian Tresman






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