Hoi,
I am sure that Jimbo does not want to be considered as the yardstick whereby
everything is measured. Worthiness is this new word created by the American
television guy and it means whatever you make it.
There are many facts that are verifiable. that do not attract attention,
with secondary sources providing a consensus that it is likely to be true
that are absolutely not enough to merit a mention in Wikipedia (I drank
coffee yesterday .. today's cup of coffee I drank alone so that one does not
count). If you call this balderdash than you will agree with me that it is
fine not to annotate every cup of coffee that has been drunk in pleasant
company.
If you do not agree, you may request a new project called Wikicoffee.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 3/11/07, Ian Tresman <it(a)knowledge.co.uk> wrote:
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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