User:Usernamekiran/Notability (electronic devices)
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During the current era, it is quite obvious that an electronic device would receive significant coverage in secondary sources. There are numerous independent reliable websites which are dedicated to a particular type of electronic devices. For example, there are websites which provide detailed technical specifications of mobiles, and almost all the mobiles that run on Android operating system. Furthermore these same websites provide reviews of these mobiles from users, and from the website itself. This is applicable for all sorts of electronic devices.
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This page in a nutshell: Online presence, and notability are two different things. An electronic device should be considered notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources which are independent of the subject. |
So here comes our question: if an electronic device is discussed on multiple trustworthy websites, has been given reviews by users, by website itself, and the release of the device has been covered by press, does it make notable enough to have an article in encyclopaedia?
Here is the rub: there is a huge a difference between online presence, and actual "notability". Not every actor who has been included on the official website of a film, IMDB, and few other websites is notable enough for an encyclopaedia article. So when does a particular person become notable enough for an encyclopaedia article? For a general criteria, wikipedia has a general guideline, and for particular categories it has particular guidelines. For actors, it has WP:NACTOR guideline.
But what is the notability guideline for electronic devices?