User:ReaderofthePack/Award notability

This guideline provides some additional criteria for use in deciding whether an award should or should not have an article on Wikipedia. Satisfying this notability guideline generally indicates an award warrants an article.

An award that meets either the general notability guideline or the criteria outlined in this or any other subject-specific notability guideline, and which is not excluded under the What Wikipedia is not policy, is presumed to merit an article.

This is not an absolute guarantee that there will necessarily be a separate, stand-alone article entirely dedicated to that book. Editors may use their discretion to merge or group two or more related topics into a single article.

Failure to satisfy the criteria outlined in this guideline (or any other notability guideline) is not a criterion for speedy deletion.

The criteria provided by this guideline are rough criteria. They are not exhaustive. Accordingly, an award may be notable, and merit an article, for reasons not particularized in this or any other notability guideline.

Claims of notability must adhere to Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. It is not enough to simply assert that an award meets a criterion. Verifiable reliable sources that substantiate that claim must actually exist.

Criteria
An award or award ceremony is considered notable if it verifiably meets, through reliable sources, at least one of the following criteria:


 * The award or award ceremony has been the subject of two or more non-trivial published works appearing in sources that are independent of the award itself. This can include published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, books, and television documentaries. This excludes media re-prints of press releases, or other publications where the award granting organization, winners, presenters, or other self-interested parties advertise or speak about the award.


 * The award or award ceremony is granted or held by a highly selective and prestigious organization. (e.g., the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, American Library Association)


 * The award or award ceremony has been considered by reliable sources to have made a significant contribution to a notable or significant motion picture, or other art form, or event or political or religious movement.