[Wikipedia-l] Non-notability "abuse"

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Tue Sep 18 18:34:21 UTC 2007


Ronald Chmara wrote:
> On Sep 18, 2007, at 12:49 AM, J.L.W.S. The Special One wrote:
>   
>> Before nominating an article for deletion, or speedy deleting an
>> article, on the grounds of non-notability, please do a quick Internet
>> search (which may reveal sources that establish its notability) and
>> ask a relevant WikiProject (which may know more than you do).
>>     
> Something I'm curious about, does the concept of "encyclopedia" mean  
> mean things in many cultures, where in some, a blogger or hotel or  
> shopping mall is information to be preserved for hundreds of years?
If you had said "mean many things" (as I first misread it) I would say, 
"Absolutely!" in a simple one word answer.  If your second "mean" was 
intentional I would have no hesitation in saying, "No!"  It would be 
unjust to suggest that any of us are intent on having an an encyclopedia 
of low quality.

Ec



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