User:Red Phoenix/Due weight as a measure of appropriate coverage
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When considering articles at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion or when writing new articles, it's important to consider how appropriate is the coverage for Wikipedia. The ultimate determining factor is notability, that if a subject is covered in independent, reliable sources significantly, it should be covered on Wikipedia. But, to what extent should it be covered? Does it deserve a full article to itself, or could it be covered within another article? Is just the name itself significant enough to be a redirect, or should it even be mentioned at all?
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This page in a nutshell: Wikipedia articles should be focused on quality and potential quality, not a raw quantity of articles. The concept of due weight in reliable sources can be helpful for determining at what level of coverage a subject should be on Wikipedia. |
The concept of due weight is one that can help to solve to what level article subjects should be covered on Wikipedia.