Forum:SH Archive/Notability policy

Alright. I think I have come up with a general set of notability rules that everyone can agree on. This is not a proposal to implement the below policy, but rather an attempt to have the wording fine-tuned to match the general consensus of our community. --Imperialles 11:15, May 12, 2010 (UTC)

Wookieepedia:Notability of in-universe articles
This policy places certain restrictions on the creation of in-universe articles, based on the notability criteria.

General rule

 * Anything that has unique information could potentially warrant its own article. Certain restrictions apply, detailed below.
 * However, not all information necessarily needs its own article, instead fitting better within other articles relating to the subject. Use common sense, and keep the concept of encyclopedic quality in mind.

Nature of the information

 * The information has to be verifiable.
 * Speculation and original research are not acceptable forms of information.
 * Wookieepedia's other content policies and consensus decisions still apply.

Events

 * Events require a special set of rules, due to their nature.
 * Any event could potentially be construed as having unique information that does not fit into other articles, simply by going into extreme detail. This is called "play-by-play" and is not very encyclopedic.
 * Therefore, as a general rule of thumb, events that are part of an immediate larger chain of events should probably be contained within one article, rather than several.
 * Immediate in this context means occurring at roughly the same time and place.
 * An example would be duel articles, where duels that are part of a larger battle generally do not receive their own articles.

Exceptions

 * Exceptions to these rules can be made through a Trash compactor discussion. Articles that would not be kept according to this policy could have their existence justified by such a discussion; conversely, articles that are notable as defined by this policy might be subject to deletion.

Discussion
If you have any ideas on how to improve the wording of the policy, do speak up. Everything could be subject to change based on your feedback. --Imperialles 11:15, May 12, 2010 (UTC)