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Re:Jessica Wade made more than 1k Wikipedia bios for unknown... by Rebelgecko on Sunday October 16, 2022 @02:52PM (#33226147)
>A topic is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list when it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.

I don't love that criterion, because it just ends up upholding biases from other media. That's how you end up with situations like how the Gorn (a throwaway character that Captain Kirk encounters in Star Trek) has a more thorough Wikipedia article than many Nobel Prize winners.

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Re:Jessica Wade made more than 1k Wikipedia bios for unknown... by jacobolus on Sunday October 16, 2022 @03:37PM (#33226544)
Nobel Prize winners are without question notable. The reason random pop culture stuff has more thorough articles is due to Wikipedia author interest and commitment of effort, not the notability criteria.
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