Destinypedia:Notability policy

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Article notability determines whether a topic in the Destiny universe merits its own page. Such topics are required to be notable, or "worthy of notice." It is important to note that a notability determination does not necessarily depend on things like fame, importance, or the popularity of a topic—although those may enhance the acceptability of a subject that meets the guidelines explained below:

Criteria

Bearing in mind that all articles must conform to the policy concerning verifiability and reliable sources, the mere description of the information by official sources is not sufficient to establish notability—an article may be considered notable based on it meeting one of the following criteria:

  • The information has all the necessary quality that can be included in articles and that it has significant coverage to such extent that it is more than a trivial mention.[note 1] Furthermore, the information has reliable and reputable sources that are independent of the subject.[note 2]
  • The information has all the necessary quality of having its own article. There is a foreseeable certainty that the information will see sufficient and future growth. If otherwise, the information must be capable of presenting itself concisely in a section of an article than in its own article. If the information is essentially a copy of a Wikipedia entry, a simple interwiki link to that Wikipedia will suffice and that information should be kept in a form of a summary.[note 3]

Notes

  1. ^ A perfect example of this would be a list of food and drinks.
  2. ^ Here, reliable and reputable sources would typically refer to established parties that contribute to the development of the Destiny franchise and its community. Such an example would be destiny.bungie.org. The best example of a non-reputable/reliable source is YouTube, specifically YouTube commentators.
  3. ^ This is also to ensure that the wiki complies with Wikipedia's own attribution policy.