[WikiEN-l] Deletion again

Tue Oct 25 16:39:30 UTC 2005

On 10/25/05, Alphax <alphasigmax at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Anthony DiPierro wrote:
> > On 10/24/05, Justin Cormack <justin at specialbusservice.com> wrote:
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> >> Ok if you cant do that why are all webcomics notable?
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> > Because Wikipedia has no space requirements. We have plenty of room to
> > include all webcomics. To choose to include some, but not others, would
> > allow us to make a statement about what is worthwhile and what isn't. It
> > would violate NPOV. Further, the only people who are going to come
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> > the article are those who are specifically looking for it. Keeping the
> > article in the encyclopedia provides useful information to those people,
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> > doesn't hurt anyone else. If any webcomics are notable, then all
> webcomics
> > are notable.
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> By your logic: If any people are notable, then all people are notable.

 By my logic all people are notable, yes.

Excuse me while I write articles on Anthony DiPierro, Justin Cormack,
> and the rest.

 Notability is different from verifiability (and no original research), and
in any case non-famous (living) people have a legal right to privacy. So if
you can find public, verifiable information about me or Justin in
respectable secondary sources, I personally think it should be included in
Wikipedia.