Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/FAQ Notability

Introduction
Notability on Wikipedia is determined by a person or subject’s importance within the field of focus. Notability guidelines are often written in a way that are specific to genres or types of Wikipedia articles and are available on Wikipedia. Notability is not an exact science, and a reasonable amount of interpretation of the guidelines is standard.

Commons questions this pages answers

 * What are the current guidelines and how do they function?
 * What makes an artist notable?
 * How does gender play into notability?
 * What constitutes an authoritative source?
 * How to avoid notability disputes
 * Resolving a notability dispute

Wikipedia’s current applicable guidelines
Wikipedia has many pages on notability for specific types of material and subject matter!


 * General Notability guidelines: Notability
 * Notability guidelines for People / Creative professionals: Notability people
 * Notability guidelines for Academics: Notability (academics)
 * Notability guidelines for Books: Notability (films)
 * Notability guidelines for Music: Notability (music)
 * Notability guidelines for Events: Notability (events)
 * Notability guidelines for Organizations: Notability (organizations and companies)

Some General Rules: Notable if:

 * The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors.
 * The person is known for originating a significant new concept, theory or technique.
 * The person has created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, that has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews.


 * The person's work (or works) either:
 * 1) has become a significant monument,
 * 2) has been a substantial part of a significant exhibition,
 * 3) has won significant critical attention, or
 * 4) Is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums.

What Constitutes an Authoritative Source?

 * Wikipedia has a well-developed, for understanding what constitutes authoritative sources within various genres and article subject areas: i.e. biography, event, institutions..

Resolving a notability dispute
Post a question on the talk page of another Wikipedia User's talk page. Ask a question to the Wikipedia Teahouse question board. Resolving disputes; Wikipedia:Dispute resolution, Wikipedia:Etiquette, Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot.

What do I do if my article is flagged for deletion?

 * Notes: Learning this process is a good way for organizers to prepare in the case that someone at an edit-a-thon makes an edit or article that gets flagged for deletion
 * Notes: Remain calm during the flagging/deletion process and take it as a sign that the system is working.
 * Notes: Do not use personal attacks and remain a civil voice during the discussion process to best communicate your point of view.
 * Notes: Sometimes articles ARE unfairly tagged because of systematic problems. And yet, deletions/flags do not always occur because someone was insensitive to the subject matter its often more about needing improved citation, reference, structure, or using less promotional or biasing language. Take time to understand what policies other editors were using to determine that the article needed flagging.
 * Banners
 * Banners are part of Wikipedia’s peer review process.
 * Some Wikipedia editors focus on tagging articles that need improvement. These are also called "notification templates" Category:Wikipedia notification templates bots also put these tags on articles with regularity.
 * Articles that are flagged/tagged then go on lists where other editors review them, or work on completing the articles. Maybe show them a few of the pages in this category? Category:Wikipedia maintenance
 * The links within the banner lead to policy pages that offer ideas for improvement, and that after some improvements are made
 * Banners will say whether they can either be removed, at any time, or if there is a process that needs to take place in order to have the banner removed.
 * The general best practice for banners that say ‘may be removed’ is to write on the talk page the reasons why the banner is no longer relevant or why the article should be in good standing.
 * There is usually an administrator assigned to the banner. To get more information, message this administrator directly on their talk page.

Articles for Deletion

 * Articles that are flagged for deletion go to deletion debates, where conversations occur, and anyone can participate. Articles for deletion
 * Recruiting other editors that you know personally to participate in an AfD or deletion discussion is not permitted, but this is only flexibly enforced.
 * Any editor who disagrees with a proposed deletion or banner can simply remove the tag, but first, the editor is encouraged to fix the perceived problem with the page, and also to engage in a discussion with the Wikipedian that put the banner there to resolve the issue (you can find their Username in the relevant "view history" listing).
 * There are specific criteria pertaining to speedy deletion Wikipedia:Criteria for Speedy Deletion vs. main deletion policy
 * If your article is up for deletion or speedy deletion - discussion occurs on a dedicated discussion page, a sub-page of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion named after the article. That page will be linked to directly in the banner listed on the main article page. On the deletion discussion page, the Wikipedia community may discuss its merits for a period usually no less than seven days, in order to come to a public rough consensus about whether the article is unsuited to Wikipedia.
 * You may edit/improve the article at any time during the deletion discussion, and you may alert members of the deletion discussion that changes have been made.
 * Following seven days of discussion, an experienced Wikipedian will determine if a consensus was reached and will "close" the discussion accordingly, and comment on their reasoning.
 * Closing the discussion
 * If you need help with understanding any aspect of the deletion process, contact the administrator that moved the page to AfD (on their talk page), or another administrator. They will help you.
 * There is a further appeal process if you are not satisfied with the result.