Essay on editing Wikipedia
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Notability is not a level playing field . This means that in certain areas, the inclusion requirements are lower than in others. This is related to the argument WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS - to the extent that an article within field (a) is included while a similar article in field (b) is deleted.
Reasons for thisSeveral possible reasons for this:
Wikis should generally be constructed in a hierarchical, top down manner, more notable subjects first. This combined with the fact that people write about what they're interested in, which might be unimportant, rather than what is assessed as important in a "professional" committee-written encyclopedia, means that Wikipedia is more complete in some areas than others.
Sources and research: Reliable sources are available to cover some areas more than others. Some areas have been researched and had that research published, others haven't.
ExamplesPoliticians - moderate.
Species : Many of which we can't know about because they're extinct and have left no fossil record or genetic heritage.
Sports biographies - low see WP:NFOOTY and WP:NCRICKET
What to do about itWhat should we do about it? Some suggestions:
Try to balance the playing field by lowering the notability requirements in some areas and raising them in others.
Note that doing this creates problems of what to do with existing content that previously met requirements but doesn't any more.
Carry on as before as you don't think this is a problem.
Write about what's important, not what you're interested in.
Other things notability is notNotability is also said not to be entirely objective; necessarily permanent; judged in isolation; nor based on merit; these points are covered in detail at the essay WP:What notability is not . It is also held that notability is not a matter of opinion . From a policy standpoint, notability is also neither relevance nor reliability .
See also
Adminitis
Ain't no rules says a dog can't play basketball
Akin's Laws of Article Writing
Alternatives to edit warring
ANI flu
Anti-Wikipedian
Anti-Wikipedianism
Articlecountitis
Asshole John rule
Assume bad faith
Assume faith
Assume good wraith
Assume stupidity
Assume that everyone's assuming good faith, assuming that you are assuming good faith
Avoid using preview button
Avoid using wikilinks
Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense
Barnstaritis
Before they were notable
BOLD, revert, revert, revert
Boston Tea Party
Butterfly effect
CaPiTaLiZaTiOn MuCh?
Complete bollocks
Counting forks
Counting juntas
Crap
Don't stuff beans up your nose
Don't-give-a-fuckism
Don't abbreviate "Wikipedia" as "Wiki"!
Don't delete the main page
Editcountitis
Edits Per Day
Editsummarisis
Editing under the influence
Embrace Stop Signs
Emerson
Fart
Five Fs of Wikipedia
Funny biographical images
Seven Ages of Editor, by Will E. Spear-Shake
Go ahead, vandalize
How many Wikipedians does it take to change a lightbulb?
How to get away with UPE
How to put up a straight pole by pushing it at an angle
How to vandalize correctly
How to win a citation war
Ignore all essays
Ignore every single rule
Is that even an essay?
Mess with the templates
My local pond
Newcomers are delicious, so go ahead and bite them
Legal vandalism
List of jokes about Wikipedia
LTTAUTMAOK
No climbing the Reichstag dressed as Spider-Man
No episcopal threats
No one cares about your garage band
No one really cares
No, really
No sorcery threats
Notability is not eternal
Oops Defense
Play the game
Please be a giant dick, so we can ban you
Please bite the newbies
Please do not murder the newcomers
Pledge of Tranquility
R-e-s-p-e-c-t
Requests for medication
Requirements for adminship
Rouge admin
Rouge editor
Sarcasm is really helpful
Sausages for tasting
The Night Before Wikimas
The first rule of Wikipedia
The Five Pillars of Untruth
Things that should not be surprising
The WikiBible
Watchlistitis
Wikipedia is an MMORPG
Why not create an account?
Yes legal threats
You don't have to be mad to work here, but
You should not write meaningless lists
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