Wikipedia talk:Every snowflake is unique

I intend to write here an essay countering the arguments in the wp:Run-of-the-mill essay which is frequently used in wp:AfD debates. The first step probably should be to replace the many links to other policies with the main ideas in them. I welcome ideas at this early stage. Diego Moya (talk) 08:18, 26 April 2011 (UTC) (This AfD was the origin of it all).

Is there a way to link the thumbnail to a previous version of the image? Diego Moya (talk) 16:55, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Comments
When replacing the links to policies with the main ideas in them, it would be useful to have a footnote referencing not only the policy but the exact phrase. There are going to be people who disagree strongly with this essay, and it would help everyone concerned to be able to easily find the exact wording of cited policies. Guy Macon (talk) 03:24, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Born!
I've categorized and published this essay at the project namespace because I want it to be available to all for edition; I hope this will help it to smooth things over and ensure it's in accordance with guidelines and policies. Consensual edits are welcome. (My goal is to build an essay that deletionists would love to cite at AfDs! in a "remove bloat" way) ;-) Diego (talk) 13:12, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
 * And it surely would benefit of some copyedit, since English is not my mother language. Diego (talk) 17:28, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Relevant essays
These are links to essays that are relevant to the arguments in the essay. They can be used to expand on these arguments and their counterarguments. Diego (talk) 12:57, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

For snowflakes

 * Places_of_local_interest
 * Semi-notability (supports merging - group snowflakes into articles for collections of items)
 * Notability_vs._prominence
 * Obscure_does_not_mean_not_notable
 * NOTINHERITED Discuss based upon the individual subject, not the subject's overarching classification or type.
 * WikiProject_Video_games/Article_guidelines recommends "game instruction booklets, guides, reviews, and interviews are all good candidates" as sources.
 * NOTCATALOG. This policy advices against mere repositories of data, but at the same time encourages collections of encyclopedic information (lists if their entries are famous because they [...] contribute to the list topic, reference tables and tabular information for quick reference, Merged groups of small articles). Ensure that information gathered about snowflakes is verifiable and encyclopedic and it will survive deletion.
 * WP:PRESERVE - even if the content doesn't belong in a stand-alone article, verifiable content should be merged to the most relevant article, not deleted. Diego Moya (talk) 16:58, 24 June 2011 (UTC)


 * INSPECTOR.
 * Everything at List_of_policies_and_guidelines_to_cite_in_deletion_debates and List_of_policies_and_guidelines_to_cite_in_deletion_debates

Against snowflakes

 * Notability_means_impact
 * Everything at List_of_policies_and_guidelines_to_cite_in_deletion_debates

Neutral - policy advice

 * Red_flags_of_non-notability
 * Notability_sub-pages
 * Articles_for_deletion/Common_outcomes (in particular companies, web and media, authors, places).

Content to include (Examples section)
Some examples of articles that represent the Snowflake criteria. Diego (talk) 12:57, 26 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Firefly - "fan wikis are not a substitute for an encyclopaedic treatment", "articles already incorporate material from DVD commentaries and - more importantly - from independent third-party analysis of the material"
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/OutSystems
 * "From a global perspective, this company is not notable"
 * "last time I checked, Wikipedia's notability guidelines didn't require the subject of an article to be notable "from a global perspective", but rather to be the subject of significant coverage in multiple reliable sources that are independent of the subject."


 * Species III - Wikipedia is already doing it
 * PKP_class_ET21, PKP_class_EW90... "Polish State Railways' locomotives" template
 * Catherine_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel,_Margravine_of_Brandenburg-Küstrin and Catherine_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel,_Duchess_of_Saxe-Lauenburg
 * Harry Potter music
 * Articles_for_deletion/Web_Cartoonists'_Choice_Awards - arguments for and against what is significant coverage by reliable sources
 * "do these types of articles serve a useful purpose to a user community. In this case, clearly yes. There is a vibrant community, academic and non-academic, around these types of software packages. And wiki catalogs (in particular), and articles like this one provide an important index into both distributions and primary source material for these languages."