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Re:Kate Middleton’s Wedding Gown Demonstrates Wikipedia’s Wo... by ShardPhoenix on Saturday July 14, 2012 @03:26AM (#4243464)
Instead of notability, I'd prefer criteria of verifiability (ie there must be reliable sources) and objectivity (ie no marketing or self-promotion).
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Re:Kate Middleton’s Wedding Gown Demonstrates Wikipedia’s Wo... by ktizo on Saturday July 14, 2012 @06:10AM (#4243744)
A ban on self promotion, if overzealous, has the problem that it can be used to remove articles by the people who have the most expertise in a given subject.
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