Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dappaankuthu
It is a form of dance (like Bharatanatyam Kathak Kathakali Kuchipudi Manipuri dance|Manipuri Mohiniaattam Odissi Sattriya dance|Sattriya This is a well known form of dance in Tamil Nadu and is certainly notable. The only problem here is that this kind of dance is being performed as well as patroned by the masses. Most of the Wikipedians belong to the elite class of Tamil Nadu, and hence may not have heard about this. As per the #Notability_is_not_subjective | Guidelines, ''Subjective evaluations are not relevant for determining whether a topic warrants inclusion in Wikipedia. Notability criteria do not equate to personal or biased considerations, such as: "never heard of this", "an interesting article", "topic deserves attention", "not famous enough", "very important issue", "popular", "I like it", "only of interest to some group", etc. Notability is not judged by Wikipedia editors directly. The inclusion of topics on Wikipedia is a reflection of whether those topics have been included in reliable published works. Other authors, scholars, or journalists have decided whether to give attention to a topic, and in their expertise have researched and checked the information about it. Thus, the primary notability criterion is a way to determine whether "the world" has judged a topic to be notable. This is unrelated to whether a Wikipedia editor personally finds the subject remarkable or worthy
— User:Mariano, 08:49, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
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