[WikiEN-l] On notability and speedies

Fri Sep 16 01:28:54 UTC 2005

Keith Old wrote:
> Oops, I did it again. What I meant to say is that if a user wishes to vote 
> for a speedy delete on the grounds that an article does not assert 
> notability it should open for him or her to do so.
> 
> As to the more important issue that you raised, notability is in my view a 
> central point as AfD has evolved. For example, I could write an article on 
> the street where I live. It is in street directories and the ACT Department 
> of Urban Services has a directory of street names saying how each street in 
> Canberra got its name. There is verifiable information as to when it was 
> built I could even write that I lived there because I am in the electoral 
> roll which is another source of verifiable information.
> 
> The point is that my street is probably not of any interest to anyone living 
> outside the suburb of Hughes in the ACT, Australia and there shouldn't be an 
> article on it in Wikipedia. Thus notability has evolved to be a key issue as 
> to whether or not articles are worthy of retention.

Feel free to add this information to [[Hughes, Australian Capital
Territory]].

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