Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashley West
I notice alot of editors (who seem to be partisan towards this artist) are making comments along the lines "if we can show reliable references that this artists ''exists'', then he should be included in Wikipedia". This is directly in contridiction to #DIRECTORY|Wikipedia is not a directory. '''Existance''' is not a criteria for being in Wikipedia, notability is. i.e. Wikipedia is not the white pages or an artist directory such as "AskArt", and therefor does not included artists just because you can prove they are an artist. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that includes people with some sort of fame, achievement, or perhaps notoriety
— User:Fountains, 20:58, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:NOT (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)