User:Cloveapple/Awesome

It's not an insult
I have two parents. They've both accomplished amazing things. They've both overcome some big odds. I love both of them. I'm proud of both of them. They both have stories that deserve to be told.

Only one of them meets Wikipedia's definition of "notability." So only one of them could get an article in Wikipedia.

How can that be right? How can that be fair? Shouldn't I protest? Make a big fuss until Wikipedia says they are both notable?

Well no. How wonderful, brave, wise, good, interesting, intelligent, awe inspiring, beautiful, cool, loveable, or worthy you are has nothing to do with what Wikipedia calls "notability." It's not a comment on your worth as a person. Some people who I think are stupid jerks are notable. Other people who I admire beyond words will never be in Wikipedia. The same thing is true for organizations. There are beautiful vital groups that will never get into Wikipedia. There are groups I consider bad jokes that have complete articles.

So what does notability mean here? All that being "notable" means is that newspapers, magazines, books, or academic journals have written a whole bunch of stuff about you. The more of that sort of information that gets written about you or your topic, the more likely it is that Wikipedia editors will agree that you or your topic should be covered in an article. And of course if there is a lot of that kind of writing about you, then Wikipedia editors can use that writing as sources to create an article.