User:Pixelface/Timeline of notability guidelines

This is a timeline of events related to notability guidelines / proposals / essays / user essays, as well as events related to fame, importance, relevance, significance, unremarkable things, notability, non-notability, deletion outcomes, speedy deletion, deletion arguments, etc. I am still working on a timeline of VFD.


 * 2001
 * 2001-12-28 (PTTBD) Wikipedia utilities/Page titles to be deleted created by Zundark


 * 2002
 * 2002-02-25 (DEL) Deletion policy created by -- April


 * 2003
 * 2003-01-19 (CYF) Check your fiction created by Eloquence.
 * 2003-05-14 (VFU) Votes for undeletion created by MartinHarper
 * 2003-05-31 (Delete test) Delete test and welcome created by MartinHarper
 * 2003-06-19 (Delete test) Delete test and welcome moved to Deleted test by MartinHarper
 * 2003-08-01 (BIO) Criteria for inclusion of biographies created by Kat.
 * 2003-09-03 (FICT/CYF) Fiction created by MartinHarper as a redirect to Check your fiction.
 * 2003-09-18 (UNDEL) Undeletion policy created as a redirect to Votes for undeletion by Patrick
 * 2003-11-23 (UNDEL) Angela moved text from Deletion policy to Undeletion policy
 * 2003-11-25 (inform) Informative created by MartinHarper The first revision looked like this


 * 2004
 * 2004-01-10 (CSD) Candidates for speedy deletion created by MartinHarper
 * 2004-01-23 (Talk FAME) Wikipedia talk:Fame and importance created by Imran
 * 2004-01-29 (Talk FAME) Jimbo Wales commented.
 * 2004-02-05 (Talk FAME) Jimbo Wales commented again  Jimbo's comment receives some discussion
 * 2004-02-21 (Delete test) Deleted test moved to Speedy deletions by Angela
 * 2004-03-02 (FAME) Fame and importance created by Oliver Pereira as a redirect to Wikipedia talk:Fame and importance . Later, Oliver Pereira removed the redirect and wrote about the lack of consensus.
 * 2004-03-27 (webcomics) Wikipedia talk:Web comics created by RadicalBender The first revision looked like this
 * 2004-04-03 (inform) Angela adds a vfd notice to Informative
 * 2004-05-03 (COI) Vanity page created by Wxlfsr
 * 2004-07-11 (CON) Consensus created by Hyacinth
 * 2004-07-15 (meta creep) Instruction creep created by Raul654
 * 2004-07-16 (DPR) Deletion process created by Rossami
 * 2004-08-26 (IMP) Importance created by Gracefool.
 * 2004-08-31 (NOTE v1/IMP) Notability created by Gracefool as a redirect to Importance.
 * 2004-09-03 (FAME) Fame and importance redirected to Importance by Angela.
 * 2004-09-14 (mandel) Managed Deletion created by Geogre
 * 2004-09-16 (REL) Relevance created by Gracefool as a redirect to Importance
 * 2004-09-24 (mandel) Managed Deletion/Voting created by Geogre
 * 2004-09-26 (BEEFSTEW) User:Dpbsmith/BEEFSTEW created by Dpbsmith. In the first revision, BEEFSTEW stood for "Basic Education Evaluation Form and Standardized Test for Evaluating Wikipedia School articles." As of June 30, 2008, BEEFSTEW stands for "Basic Education Evaluation Form and Standardized Test for Evaluating Worthiness"
 * 2004-10-07 (catdel) Categorized Deletion created by Lowellian
 * 2004-10-08 (mandel) At Managed Deletion/Voting, George said voting has concluded
 * 2004-10-08 (mandel) George stated that voting concluded on Managed Deletion and the proposal failed
 * 2004-10-09 (mandel) Voting extended to October 15 on Managed Deletion by Geogre
 * 2004-10-22 (predel) Preliminary Deletion created by Johnleemk based on Managed Deletion and a mailing list post
 * 2004-10-27 (predel) Preliminary Deletion/Vote created by Johnleemk Voting was opened October 29, 2004 by Poccil
 * 2004-11-08 (countdown) Countdown deletion created by JRM as a proposal instead of Preliminary Deletion
 * 2004-11-12 (predel) Johnleemk stated at Preliminary Deletion that voting closed on November 5 and was extended a week
 * 2004-11-13 (predel) Last comments at Preliminary Deletion/Vote
 * 2004-11-20 (FICT/CYF) Check your fiction redirected by Jguk 2 to Writing better articles, where a version of it still exists as of June 22, 2008.
 * 2004-11-20 (BETTER) Guide to writing better articles created by Jguk 2
 * 2004-12-06 (du) Deletion unlisting created by FT2
 * 2004-12-08 (predel) Preliminary Deletion/Vote2 created by Johnleemk Voting opened the next day
 * 2004-12-23 (predel) Voting at Preliminary Deletion/Vote2 closed by Netoholic
 * 2004-12-26 (VfD stats) User:Johnleemk/VfD statistics created by Johnleemk
 * 2004-12-27 (predel) SimonP puts Preliminary Deletion into Category:Rejected policies
 * 2004-12-27 (net phenom) Internet phenomena created by Andrewa The first revision looked like this


 * 2005
 * 2005-01-02 (mandel) Dan100 left a notice at Managed Deletion that it "Became Preliminary deletion"
 * 2005-01-16 (CSD) Candidates for speedy deletion moved to Criteria for speedy deletion by SimonP
 * 2005-01-22 (VBG/MUSIC) WikiProject Music/Vanity Band Guidelines created by TUF-KAT.
 * 2005-01-30 (MUSIC) WP:VBG created by TUF-KAT as a redirect to WikiProject Music/Vanity Band Guidelines
 * 2005-01-30 (MUSIC) WikiProject Music/Vanity Band Guidelines moved to WikiProject Music/Notability and Music Guidelines by TUF-KAT
 * 2005-02-24 (webcomics) Wikipedia talk:Web comics moved to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Webcomics/Notability and inclusion guidelines by Gwalla
 * 2005-02-24 (cent) Votes for deletion/Log/2005 February 24/Policy consensus created by AllyUnion with text from User:AllyUnion/AFD List
 * 2005-03-01 (cent) Votes for deletion/Log/2005 February 24/Policy consensus moved to Votes for deletion/Policy consensus by Radiant!
 * 2005-03-06 (OUTCOMES) Radiant! created User:Radiant/Test
 * 2005-03-08 (CENTRAL) Wikipedia talk:Votes for deletion/Policy consensus created by Radiant!
 * 2005-03-09 (category) Category:Notability and inclusion guidelines for WikiProjects deleted by Gwalla, then restored
 * 2005-03-15 (MinorC) Deletion policy/Minor characters created by Radiant!.
 * 2005-03-29 (FICT) Radiant! began writing at Fiction, referring to Deletion policy/Minor characters.
 * 2005-04-03 (countdown) Countdown deletion revived by JRM
 * 2005-04-04 (COI) UninvitedCompany adds a semipolicy tag to Vanity page
 * 2005-04-05 (countdown) Countdown deletion marked rejected by UninvitedCompany JRM marks it notpolicy instead
 * 2005-04-05 (predel) UninvitedCompany adds a rejected tag to Preliminary Deletion
 * 2005-04-05 (catdel) UninvitedCompany adds a notpolicy tag to Categorized Deletion
 * 2005-04-20 (Demi) Demi created User:Demi/Notability
 * 2005-04-27 (INCL) WikiProject Inclusion created by Stevertigo
 * 2005-05-03 (UNDEL) Undeletion policy tagged as a policy by Netoholic
 * 2005-05-12 (du) Deletion unlisting marked historical by Radiant!
 * 2005-05-12 (catdel) Radiant! adds a historical tag to Categorized Deletion, said see Votes for deletion/Policy consensus
 * 2005-05-15 (inform) Netoholic adds a rejected tag to Informative
 * 2005-05-15 (DPR) Netoholic adds a guideline tag to Deletion process
 * 2005-05-17 (schools 5-17-05) Schools created by Radiant! The first revision looked like this
 * 2005-05-19 (NOTE v1/Demi) Neutrality copied User:Demi/Notability over to Notability.
 * 2005-05-23 (VfD load) Deletion policy/Reducing VfD load created by Radiant!
 * 2005-05-23 (mandel) Radiant! puts a rejected tag on Managed Deletion
 * 2005-05-30 (schools 5-17-05) Schools moved to Schools/Archive by Radiant!
 * 2005-05-30 (schools 5-30-05) Radiant! begins writing at Schools
 * 2005-06-02 (inform) Informative moved to Informative/Old by Gracefool
 * 2005-06-02 (inform) Informative redirected to Importance by Gracefool
 * 2005-06-13 (VfD load/A) Deletion policy/Reducing VfD load/Analysis created by Radiant!
 * 2005-06-18 (CSD P) Criteria for speedy deletion/Proposal created by Radiant!
 * 2005-06-24 (WEB v1) Radiant! created Websites
 * 2005-07-03 (WEB v1/WEB v2) Websites moved to Wikipedia talk:Websites by Humblefool. Preliminary guideline created by Humblefool
 * 2005-07-04 (OUTCOMES) Radiant! moved User:Radiant/Test to Votes for deletion/Precedents
 * 2005-07-04 (CSD P 7) Radiant! created Criteria for speedy deletion/Proposal/7 about RPG characters and the proposal failed
 * 2005-07-04 (CSD P 1) Radiant! created Criteria for speedy deletion/Proposal/1 about unremarkable people. The proposal passed
 * 2005-07-08 (MUSIC) WikiProject Music/Notability and Music Guidelines made a guideline by Jtkiefer.
 * 2005-07-24 (ways) List of ways to verify notability of articles created by SuperDude115
 * 2005-08-04 (DELSORT) WikiProject Deletion sorting created by Ed Poor with the edit summary "proposed by user:Visviva to support deletion reform"
 * 2005-08-10 (NUMBER) User:Uncle G/Wikipedia is not infinite created by Uncle G
 * 2005-08-10 (countdown) Countdown deletion marked historical by Radiant!
 * 2005-08-13 (COI) Vanity page moved to Vanity pages and vanity information by Scottperry
 * 2005-08-14 (COI) Vanity pages and vanity information moved to Vanity guidelines by Scottperry
 * 2005-08-14 (COI) Vanity page redirected to Vanity guidelines by Scottperry
 * 2005-08-17 (CENTRAL) Wikipedia talk:Votes for deletion/Policy consensus moved to Centralized discussion by Radiant!
 * 2005-08-17 (cent) Votes for deletion/Policy consensus moved to Template:Cent by Radiant!
 * 2005-09-01 (OUTCOMES) Votes for deletion/Precedents moved to Articles for deletion/Precedents by Uncle G's major work 'bot
 * 2005-09-09 (VFD>AFD) Votes for deletion moved to Articles for deletion by Sam Korn
 * 2005-09-10 (CORP) Companies, corporations and economic information/Notability and inclusion guidelines created by Uncle G, "modelled after those for Wikipedia:WikiProject Music"
 * 2005-09-30 (REL) Relevance unredirected by Francis Schonken
 * 2005-09-30 (songs) WikiProject Music/Notability and Music Guidelines/Songs created by TUF-KAT
 * 2005-10-04 (SK) Articles for deletion/Speedy keep proposal created by Thryduulf
 * 2005-10-05 (DESiegel) DESiegel created User:DESiegel/Notability proposal and later moved it to Notability proposal
 * 2005-10-05 (webcomics) Encephalon adds a proposed tag to WikiProject Webcomics/Notability and inclusion guidelines
 * 2005-10-13 (N/Essay) Notability/Essay created by Radiant!.
 * 2005-10-18 (VFU>DRV) Votes for undeletion moved to Deletion review by Radiant!
 * 2005-10-20 (episodes) Centralized discussion/Television episodes created by Andrew Levine
 * 2005-10-26 (webcomics/old) SCZenz created WikiProject Webcomics/Notability and inclusion guidelines/Old
 * 2005-10-26 (webcomics) SCZenz substitutes their proposal at WikiProject Webcomics/Notability and inclusion guidelines
 * 2005-10-27 (webcomics) Aaron Brenneman redirects WikiProject Webcomics/Notability and inclusion guidelines to Websites Redirect later fixed by Jiy  and Hiding
 * 2005-10-28 (SK) Articles for deletion/Speedy keep proposal tagged as a guideline by Radiant!
 * 2005-10-28 (SK) Articles for deletion/Speedy keep proposal moved to Speedy keep by Radiant!
 * 2005-10-29 (du) Deletion unlisting redirected to Speedy keep by Radiant!
 * 2005-10-29 (DPR) Radiant! adds a merge tag to Deletion process pointing to Guide to deletion
 * 2005-10-30 (net phenom) Internet phenomena redirected to Websites by Radiant! Redirect later fixed by Jiy, Hiding
 * 2005-10-31 (category) Category:Notability and inclusion guidelines for WikiProjects deleted by Kbdank71. Kbdank71 closed this CFD as merge. A similar CFD was held a week earlier
 * 2005-11-17 (NUMBER) User:Uncle G/Wikipedia is not infinite moved to Wikipedia is not infinite by Uncle G
 * 2005-11-20 (DPR) Cryptic removes the merge tag from Deletion process
 * 2005-11-29 (MUSIC) WikiProject Music/Notability and Music Guidelines moved to Notability and Music Guidelines by Radiant!
 * 2005-11-29 (incguide) Radiant! created Template:IncGuide The first revision looked like this, linking to BIO, CORP, FICT, MUSIC, and WEB.
 * 2005-12-12 Jiy moves various pages to Wikipedia:Notability (*)
 * 2005-12-12 (BIO) Criteria for inclusion of biographies moved to Notability (people) by Jiy.
 * 2005-12-12 (FICT) Fiction moved to Notability (fiction) by Jiy "to create a central naming scheme for notability guidelines similiar to the manual of style."
 * 2005-12-12 (MUSIC) Notability and Music Guidelines moved to Notability (music) by Jiy
 * 2005-12-12 (NUMBER) Wikipedia is not infinite moved to Notability (numbers) by Jiy
 * 2005-12-12 (CORP) Companies, corporations and economic information/Notability and inclusion guidelines moved to Notability (companies and corporations) by Jiy
 * 2005-12-12 (WEB v2) Websites moved to Notability (websites) by Jiy
 * 2005-12-12 (WEB v1) Jiy moved Wikipedia talk:Websites to Wikipedia talk:Notability (websites)
 * 2005-12-12 (broadcasting) Jiy moved Broadcasting notability to Notability (broadcasting)
 * 2005-12-23 (PROF) Criteria for inclusion of biographies/Academics created by Segv11
 * 2005-12-29 (software) Notability (software) created by Stephen Deken


 * 2006
 * 2006-01-12 (CORP) Hiding adds a guideline tag to Notability (companies and corporations)
 * 2006-01-22 (DELSORT) WikiProject Deletion sorting marked historical by Radiant! Thivierr removes the historical tag 4 days later
 * 2006-01-22 (creep) Instruction creep created by Demi
 * 2006-01-27 (PROD) Radiant! created Proposed deletion
 * 2006-02-04 (PROD) Radiant! said Proposed deletion has gone live
 * 2006-02-05 (PROD) Rebecca marks Proposed deletion as proposed, removes the live notice
 * 2006-02-06 (schools 5-30-05) Unforgettableid moved Schools to Notability (schools)
 * 2006-02-06 (schools 5-30-05) Thivierr moved Notability (schools) to Schools
 * 2006-02-08 (elections) User talk:Mwalcoff/Candidates and elections created by Mwalcoff
 * 2006-02-16 (elections) User talk:Mwalcoff/Candidates and elections moved to User:Mwalcoff/Candidates and elections by Mwalcoff
 * 2006-03-15 (REL) Next edits to Relevance, by Tifego
 * 2006-03-22 (PROF) Criteria for inclusion of biographies/Academics moved to Notability (Academics) by Quarl Then moved to Notability (academics)
 * 2006-03-27 (WAF) User:BrianSmithson/Writing about fiction created by Amcaja
 * 2006-03-29 (SIGNIF) Significance created by Hiding.
 * 2006-04-04 (SIGNIF) Significance moved to Notability/Proposal by Hiding "to better propose as a notability guideline."
 * 2006-04-07 (incguide) John Reid moved Template:IncGuide to Template:Notabilityguide
 * 2006-04-13 (memes) Notability (memes) created by Urthogie Urthogie adds a proposed tag
 * 2006-04-25 (WEB v1) Hiding moved Wikipedia talk:Notability (websites) to Wikipedia talk:Notability (web)
 * 2006-04-26 (PORNBIO) User:Joe Beaudoin Jr./Notability for pornographic actors created by Joe Beaudoin Jr.
 * 2006-04-29 (Rossami/Sandbox) Rossami created User:Rossami/Sandbox about notability debate participants
 * 2006-05-09 (elections) User:Mwalcoff/Candidates and elections moved to Candidates and elections by Mwalcoff
 * 2006-05-12 (PORNBIO) User:Joe Beaudoin Jr./Notability for pornographic actors moved to Notability (pornographic actors) by Joe Beaudoin Jr.
 * 2006-05-16 (broadcasting) Unforgettableid moved Notability (broadcasting) to Notability (U.S. broadcasters)
 * 2006-05-23 (ElC/AFDC) AfD reform created as a proposal by El C
 * 2006-05-26 (grace) AfD Grace Period created by El C
 * 2006-05-26 (AFDC) At AfD reform, El C links to another proposal, AfD Grace Period
 * 2006-05-29 (WAF) User:BrianSmithson/Writing about fiction moved to Manual of Style (writing about fiction) by Ragesoss
 * 2006-06-03 (inform) Informative redirected to What Wikipedia is not by Francis Schonken
 * 2006-06-07 (PORNBIO) Notability (pornographic actors) moved to Notability (erotic actors) by Fubar Obfusco
 * 2006-06-07 (ORG) Notability (organizatons) created by Dspserpico
 * 2006-06-07 (ORG) Notability (organizatons) moved to Notability (organizations) by Dspserpico because of typo
 * 2006-06-11 (WEB v1) Aaron Brenneman moved Wikipedia talk:Notability (web) to Wikipedia talk:Notability (web)/Archive 06
 * 2006-06-14 (INN) User:Kchase02/Inclusion is Not an indicator of Notability created by Chaser
 * 2006-06-14 (INN) User:Kchase02/Inclusion is Not an indicator of Notability moved to Inclusion is Not an indicator of Notability by Chaser
 * 2006-06-15 (IS) Independent sources created by Hiding
 * 2006-06-20 (NNOT) Non-notability created by Fresheneesz
 * 2006-07-01 (BK) Notability (books) created by Fuhghettaboutit
 * 2006-07-01 (category) Category:Wikipedians against notability created by Chris is me
 * 2006-07-02 (PORNBIO) Notability (erotic actors) moved to Notability (pornographic actors) by Joe Beaudoin Jr.
 * 2006-07-04 (songs) TUF-KAT moved WikiProject Music/Notability and Music Guidelines/Songs to WikiProject Music/Notability and Songs
 * 2006-07-05 (NOTFILM) Notability (films) created by Eluchil404
 * 2006-07-09 (songs) Extraordinary Machine moved WikiProject Music/Notability and Songs to Notability (songs)
 * 2006-07-19 (NNOT/E) Essay:Non-notability created by Fresheneesz
 * 2006-07-19 (NNOT/E) RHaworth moved Essay:Non-notability to User:Fresheneesz/Non-notability
 * 2006-07-20 (NNOT/E) Fresheneesz moved User:Fresheneesz/Non-notability to Non-notability/Essay
 * 2006-07-23 (elections) Notability (candidates and elections) created by SMcCandlish as a redirect to Candidates and elections
 * 2006-07-25 (creep) EurekaLott adds a prod tag to Instruction creep Crzrussian removes it
 * 2006-07-28 (UG/ON) User:Uncle G/On notability created by Uncle G
 * 2006-08-01 (schools 5-30-05) A Man In Black moved Schools to Schools/Defunct
 * 2006-08-01 (schools 8-1-06) User:A Man In Black/Schools created by A Man In Black
 * 2006-08-01 (schools 8-1-06) A Man In Black moved User:A Man In Black/Schools to Schools
 * 2006-08-03 (creep) Davodd moved Instruction creep to Avoid instruction creep, "Port from Meta-wiki"
 * 2006-08-03 (creep) Davodd adds a proposed tag to Avoid instruction creep
 * 2006-08-03 (creep) Davodd marks Avoid instruction creep as an essay
 * 2006-08-04 (royalty) Notability (royalty) created by Kafziel
 * 2006-08-06 (ATA) User:Daduzi/Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions created by Daduzi
 * 2006-08-06 (memes) Mangojuice replaces the proposed tag with a rejected tag on Notability (memes)
 * 2006-08-15 (userbox) A notability hurts userbox is created by Chris is me
 * 2006-08-31 (CAT:AFD) Category:AfD debates created by Ais523 per "WP:ElC", referring to AfD reform (later moved to AfD categories)
 * 2006-09-05 (elections) Candidates and elections marked historical by Radiant!
 * 2006-09-05 (AFDC) El C adds a policy tag to AfD reform
 * 2006-09-05 (grace) AfD Grace Period marked historical by El C
 * 2006-09-06 (AFDC) At AfD reform, El C moves comments to the talk page
 * 2006-09-06 (AFDC) El C moved AfD reform to AfD categories, saying "let's use the original for other prospective AfD reform proposals"
 * 2006-09-06 (ElC) At AfD reform, El C lists various past and present proposals
 * 2006-09-06 (PORNBIO) Radiant! puts a merge tag on Notability (pornographic actors) pointing to Notability (people) The merge tag was removed September 19, 2006 by AnonEMouse
 * 2006-09-06 (songs) Radiant! adds a merge tag to Notability (songs), pointing to Notability (music)
 * 2006-09-06 (ORG) Radiant! adds a historical tag to Notability (organizations) and a merge tag pointing to Notability (companies and corporations)
 * 2006-09-06 (broadcasting) Notability (U.S. broadcasters) marked historical by Radiant!
 * 2006-09-06 (broadcasting) Radiant! moved Notability (U.S. broadcasters) to Notability (TV and radio stations)
 * 2006-09-06 (royalty) Radiant! moved Notability (royalty) to Notability (nobility) Radiant! also added a merge tag pointing to Notability (people)
 * 2006-09-07 (royalty) Kafziel moved Notability (nobility) back to Notability (royalty) and removed the merge tag
 * 2006-09-07 (NOTE v1/NOTE v2) Notability moved to Notability/Arguments by Radiant! and Radiant! began writing at Notability.
 * 2006-09-08 (royalty) Radiant! re-adds a merge tag to Notability (royalty)
 * 2006-09-09 (INN) Inclusion is Not an indicator of Notability moved to Inclusion is not an indicator of notability by Radiant!
 * 2006-09-09 (ElC) At AfD reform, El C lists Notability under recent proposals
 * 2006-09-15 (comedy) User:ChrisGriswold/comedy proposal created by ChrisGriswold
 * 2006-09-15 (comedy) ChrisGriswold moved User:ChrisGriswold/comedy proposal to Notability (comedy)
 * 2006-09-19 (royalty) Kafziel removes the merge tag from Notability (royalty)
 * 2006-09-23 (NOTE v2) Notability was tagged as a guideline by Radiant! (oldid) and it transcluded Template:IncGuide. At the time, Template:IncGuide looked like this.
 * 2006-09-24 (DELSORT) WikiProject Deletion sorting marked historical by Radiant!, writing "This page has been superseded by the automated process at AfD categories" Visviva removed the historical tag 1 day later
 * 2006-10-10 (COI) Radiant! moved Vanity guidelines to Conflict of interest, saying "Deprecate derogatory term "vanity""
 * 2006-10-11 (COI) Vanity page redirected to Conflict of interest by Charles Matthews
 * 2006-10-31 (schools 8-1-06) Schools marked rejected by KillerChihuahua Revert by Uncle G
 * 2006-11-05 (schools 11-5-06) User:JoshuaZ/Schoolproposal created by JoshuaZ
 * 2006-11-06 (schools 11-5-06) User:JoshuaZ/Schoolproposal moved to Schools3 and marked as a proposal by JoshuaZ
 * 2006-11-07 (game guide) Game guide created by Havok
 * 2006-11-13 (albums) Notability (albums) created by PhilKnight
 * 2006-11-14 (albums) Radiant! adds a merge tag to Notability (albums) pointing to Notability (music)
 * 2006-11-14 (schools 8-1-06) Radiant! adds a merge tag to Schools pointing to Schools3
 * 2006-11-14 (schools 11-5-06) Radiant! adds a merge tag to Schools3 pointing to Schools
 * 2006-11-14 (comedy) Notability (comedy) marked historical by Radiant!
 * 2006-11-23 (comedy) Notability (comedy) marked proposed by Radiant!
 * 2006-11-23 (cavg) Notability (computer and video games) created as a proposal by Iced Kola The first revision looked like this
 * 2006-11-29 (NOTFILM) Notability (films) marked historical by Radiant!
 * 2006-12-04 (ATA) User:Daduzi/Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions moved to Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions by Samuel Blanning
 * 2006-12-05 (FAME) SMcCandlish removes the redirect from Fame and importance
 * 2006-12-05 (WPNN) WikiProject Notability created by Panoptical
 * 2006-12-06 (schools 8-1-06) S charette removed the merge tag from Schools
 * 2006-12-11 (HIST) Notability/Historical created by SMcCandlish to explain the history of notability guidelines.
 * 2006-12-11 SMcCandlish moves various pages under Wikipedia:Notability/Historical/
 * 2006-12-11 (SIGNIF) Notability/Proposal moved to Notability/Historical/Significance by SMcCandlish.
 * 2006-12-11 (IMP) Importance moved to Notability/Historical/Importance by SMcCandlish.
 * 2006-12-11 (FAME) Fame and importance moved to Notability/Historical/Fame and importance by SMcCandlish
 * 2006-12-11 (N/Essay) Notability/Essay moved to Notability/Historical/Essay by SMcCandlish.
 * 2006-12-11 (NNOT) Non-notability moved to Notability/Historical/Non-notability by SMcCandlish
 * 2006-12-11 (DESiegel) Notability proposal moved to Notability/Historical/Notability changes by SMcCandlish


 * 2007
 * 2007-01-02 (BK) Radiant! removes the proposed tag from Notability (books) and adds a historical tag and merge tag pointing to Notability (fiction) Radiant restores the proposed tag
 * 2007-01-02 (songs) Radiant! puts a historical tag on Notability (songs)
 * 2007-01-02 (software) Radiant! adds a merge tag to Notability (software) pointing to Notability (computer and video games)
 * 2007-01-02 (cavg) Radiant! adds a merge tag to Notability (computer and video games), pointing to Notability (software)
 * 2007-01-02 (game guide) Game guide marked historical by Radiant!
 * 2007-01-04 (cavg) Mangojuice redirects Notability (computer and video games) to Notability (software)
 * 2007-01-04 (software) Mangojuice removes the merge tag from Notability (software), saying "merge complete"
 * 2007-01-11 (NOTE v1) Notability/Arguments moved to to Notability/Historical/Arguments by Radiant!
 * 2007-01-12 (game guide) Greeves changed the historical tag to proposed at Game guide
 * 2007-01-16 (ORG) Radiant! adds a historical tag to Notability (organizations) Agent 86 removes it  Radiant! re-adds it  Agent 86 removes it
 * 2007-01-16 (albums) Notability (albums) marked historical by Radiant!
 * 2007-01-16 (software) Radiant! adds a merge tag to Notability (software) suggesting Game guide be merged into the page
 * 2007-01-16 (game guide) Radiant! added a merge tag to Game guide, pointing to Notability (software)
 * 2007-01-19 (schools 8-1-06) S charette adds a rejected tag to Schools
 * 2007-01-26 (creep) Steel protected Avoid instruction creep for edit warring by Bdj and Radiant! over the guideline tag
 * 2007-01-27 (software) Greeves removes the merge tag from Notability (software)
 * 2007-01-27 (game guide) Greeves removed the merge tag from Game guide
 * 2007-01-31 (schools 8-1-06) Radiant! moved Schools to Schools/Old proposal
 * 2007-01-31 (schools 11-5-06) Schools3 moved to Schools by Radiant!
 * 2007-02-03 (CORP) Notability (companies and corporations) moved to Notability (organizations and companies) by Kevin Murray
 * 2007-02-03 (ORG>CORP) Kevin Murray redirects Notability (organizations) to Notability (organizations and companies) "per consensus reached 1/3/07"
 * 2007-02-07 (creep) Picaroon unprotected Avoid instruction creep
 * 2007-02-13 (OUTCOMES) Articles for deletion/Precedents moved to Articles for deletion/Common outcomes by Radiant!
 * 2007-02-14 (creep) Kim Bruning marks Avoid instruction creep as a policy Bdj marks it a guideline  Radiant! adds a messagebox pointing to Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy
 * 2007-02-15 (LAP) Overlapping policies and guidelines created by Radiant!
 * 2007-02-19 (comedy) Notability (comedy) marked historical by Radiant!
 * 2007-02-23 (overview) Wikipedia talk:Notability/overview created by Kevin Murray
 * 2007-02-25 (journalists) Notability (journalists) created by Mr.Z-man The proposal was rejected.
 * 2007-02-27 (NOTFILM) Notability (films) nominated for deletion by Kevin Murray, who later withdrew.
 * 2007-02-27 (royalty) Notability (royalty) marked rejected by Kevin Murray "per Radiant's analysis"
 * 2007-03-13 (Delete test) Speedy deletions redirected to Criteria for speedy deletion by Radiant!
 * 2007-03-13 (ElC) Radiant! marks AfD reform historical
 * 2007-03-24 (ElC) El C removes the historical tag from AfD reform
 * 2007-03-24 (ElC) Ais523 tags AfD reform as unmaintained
 * 2007-03-26 (UNDEL) Radiant! adds a merge tag to Undeletion policy pointing to Deletion policy
 * 2007-03-26 (software) Kevin Murray marks Notability (software) as rejected Radiant! replaces the rejected tag with historical
 * 2007-03-27 (game guide) Kevin Murray tags Game guide as rejected
 * 2007-04-02 (UNDEL) Undeletion policy redirected to Deletion policy by Radiant!
 * 2007-04-02 (game guide) Havok removes the rejected tag from Game guide Kevin Murray re-added the rejected tag
 * 2007-04-10 (schools 11-24-07) Last edit to Notability (schools) as of June 30, 2008
 * 2007-04-16 (episodes) Centralized discussion/Television episodes moved to Television episodes by Radiant!
 * 2007-05-07 (songs) Mel Etitis replaces the historical tag with a proposed tag at Notability (songs)
 * 2007-05-08 (creep) Avoid instruction creep changed from guideline to essay by UnitedStatesian
 * 2007-05-19 (software) Greeves marks Notability (software) as rejected Andrevan marks it historical one day later
 * 2007-06-02 (ways) List of ways to verify notability of articles moved to User:SMcCandlish/List of ways to verify notability of articles by Titoxd, "temp userfy"
 * 2007-06-15 (REL) Father Goose created a new proposed guideline at Relevance
 * 2007-06-15 (songs) Notability (songs) redirected to Notability (music) by Kevin Murray
 * 2007-06-25 (UNDEL) Undeletion policy redirected to Deletion policy by Jaysweet
 * 2007-07-01 (game guide) Game guide redirected to WikiProject Video games/Article guidelines by Andrevan
 * 2007-07-04 (aircraft) User:Rlandmann/NAIR created by Rlandmann as an essay
 * 2007-07-12 (rel em) User:WikiLen/Relevance created as a proposal by Len Raymond
 * 2007-08-02 (roc) Relevance of content created by Father Goose
 * 2007-08-14 (rel em) Len Raymond moved User:WikiLen/Relevance to Relevance emerges
 * 2007-09-05 (inherent) Inherent notability created by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )
 * 2007-09-13 (PORNBIO) Kevin Murray puts a merge tag on Notability (pornographic actors)
 * 2007-09-13 (BK) Kevin Murray adds a merge tag to Notability (books) Erachima removes it.  Kevin Murray re-adds it.  Ned Scott removes it.
 * 2007-09-14 (schools 11-5-06) Schools moved to Schools/March 2007 by SmokeyJoe
 * 2007-09-14 (schools) SmokeyJoe began writing at Wikipedia:Schools
 * 2007-09-14 (schools) At Schools SmokeyJoe links to previous schools proposals such as Schools/Defunct, Schools/Old proposal, and Schools/March 2007 from March 2007
 * 2007-10-06 (PORNBIO) Notability (pornographic actors) redirected to Notability (people) by Kevin Murray "per discussion here and at BIO"
 * 2007-10-22 (webcomics/old) Hiding moved WikiProject Webcomics/Notability and inclusion guidelines/Old to Notability (web)/Old
 * 2007-11-11 (LAP) Overlapping policies and guidelines marked historical by Radiant!
 * 2007-11-24 (schools 11-24-07) Victor falk created SCHOOLCONSENSUS
 * 2007-11-24 (schools 11-24-07) Victor falk moved SCHOOLCONSENSUS to WikiProject school consensus resolution
 * 2007-11-25 (INN) Inclusion is not an indicator of notability marked historical by SMcCandlish, saying "No one cites this any more; it has been supplanted by WP:N and Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions#What about article x?"
 * 2007-11-25 (NNOT/E) SMcCandlish moved Non-notability/Essay to Notability/Historical/Non-notability/Essay
 * 2007-11-25 (ways) User:SMcCandlish/List of ways to verify notability of articles moved to Notability/Historical/List of ways to verify notability of articles by SMcCandlish, "Archiving in the "Notability graveyard""
 * 2007-11-26 (schools 11-24-07) TerriersFan moved WikiProject school consensus resolution to School
 * 2007-11-26 (schools) At Schools TerriersFan says the current discussion is at School
 * 2007-11-27 (schools 11-24-07) Secret moved School to Notability (schools)
 * 2007-11-29 (roc) Relevance of content tagged as an essay by Newbyguesses after much warring over tags
 * 2007-12-01 (REL) Father Goose marks Relevance as rejected Francis Schonken removes the rejected tag
 * 2007-12-06 (NOPE) Hiding created User:Hiding/What notability is not
 * 2007-12-08 (SM N/D) User:SMcCandlish/Notability and Deletion policy created by SMcCandlish, "Moving essay to own page off of my user page"
 * 2007-12-08 (BETTER) Guide to writing better articles moved to Writing better articles by Radiant!
 * 2007-12-08 (rel em) At Relevance emerges, Radiant! changed the supplement tag to essay
 * 2007-12-14 (fict prop) User:Masem/wp-fict-proposed created by Masem
 * 2007-12-20 (category) Category:Wikipedians against notability nominated for deletion by jc37 The result was keep.
 * 2007-12-27 (inherent) Inherent notability nominated for deletion by ChazBeckett. The result was keep.


 * 2008
 * 2008-01-24 (creep) Avoid instruction creep changed from guideline to supplement by Ashley Y
 * 2008-01-27 (WEB v1) 16@r moved Wikipedia talk:Notability (web)/Archive 06 to Wikipedia talk:Notability (web)/Archive 6
 * 2008-01-28 (places) Notability (Places and transportation) created by Sebwite
 * 2008-01-30 (serial) Notability (serial works) created by Masem
 * 2008-01-31 (FICT/N) Fiction/Noticeboard created by Hiding
 * 2008-03-10 (crime) User:Fritzpoll/Notability (criminal acts) created by Fritzpoll
 * 2008-03-15 (crime) Fritzpoll moved User:Fritzpoll/Notability (criminal acts) to Notability (criminal acts)
 * 2008-03-29 (toys) Notability (Toys, games, and video games) created by Mr Senseless
 * 2008-04-04 (toys) Notability (Toys, games, and video games) moved to Notability (toys and games) by Percy Snoodle, "Match casing of other guidelines; video games are games."
 * 2008-04-20 (geo) Notability (geography) created as an essay by Rividian
 * 2008-05-01 (IS) Independent sources made a guideline by MrMurph101
 * 2008-05-01 (IS) Independent sources made an essay by John Broughton
 * 2008-05-13 (postpone) Postponed Deletion created by Masem
 * 2008-05-13 (postpone) Percy Snoodle moved Postponed Deletion to Postponed deletion
 * 2008-06-01 (aircraft) Rlandmann moved User:Rlandmann/NAIR to WikiProject Aircraft/Notability
 * 2008-06-01 (aircraft) Rlandmann moved WikiProject Aircraft/Notability to Notability (aircraft)
 * 2008-06-15 (REL) Kevin Murray changes the proposal tag to rejected at Relevance Kevin Murray then changes the rejected tag to essay
 * 2008-06-16 (serial) Notability (serial works) marked rejected by Masem
 * 2008-07-02 (bldg) Notability (Places of worship) created by Hellno2
 * 2008-07-09 (lea) Notability (law enforcement egency) created as a proposal by Pee Tern. The first revision looked like this
 * 2008-07-10 (lea) Notability (law enforcement egency) moved to Notability (law enforcement agency) by Pee Tern
 * 2008-07-14 (rel texts) Notability (Religious texts) created as a proposal by Xyz7890
 * 2008-07-18 (rotm) Run-of-the-mill created by Sebwite as an essay
 * 2008-07-27 (places/ngl) Sebwite moved Notability (Places and transportation) to Notability (Geographic locations)
 * 2008-07-27 (bldg) Notability (Places of worship) moved to Notability (Buildings, structures, and landmarks) by Sebwite
 * 2008-07-27 (ntran) Notability (Transportation) created by Sebwite, "split into separate proposal"
 * 2008-07-28 (lea) Notability (law enforcement agency) moved to Notability (law enforcement agencies) by UnitedStatesian
 * 2008-07-30 (bldg) Exit2DOS2000 moved the section about parks from Notability (Buildings, structures, and landmarks) to Notability (Geographic locations)
 * 2008-08-02 (parties) Notability (political parties) created by Doktorbuk, "transferring from my talk page" The first revision looked like this
 * 2008-08-03 (natsci) Notability (living things) created by Sebwite as a proposal
 * 2008-08-10 (natsci) Sebwite moved Notability (living things) to Notability (natural sciences)
 * 2008-08-11 (event) Notability (news events) created as a proposal by Sebwite The first revision looked like this