User talk:Lossy

Welcome!
Hello, Lossy, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! JohnCD (talk) 17:34, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
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Notability
Notability is the criterion used to decide what subjects qualify for articles - Wikipedia is not a "list of everything" and does not expect to have articles about every company that exists, any more than about every person. Notability is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people independent of the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about?

See also WP:Notability (organizations and companies), WP:42 and the WP:FAQ/Organizations.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 17:42, 5 May 2012 (UTC)