Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Patrick Knight
Essays may be cited in deletion debates. Essays become guidelines by this way, because it eventually may show that the essay reflects consensus and practice. There is no formal procedure for an essay becoming a guideline, such as a vote or ratification by some legislative body. It is also not a valid reason for keeping an ephemeral article, as I said. #NEWS is, however policy "News reports. Wikipedia properly considers the long-term historical notability of persons and events, keeping in mind the harm our work might cause. The fact that someone or something has been in the news for a brief period of time does not automatically justify an encyclopedia article. While Wikipedia strives to be comprehensive, the policies on biographies of living persons and neutral point of view should lead us to appropriately contextualize events. Additionally, extant articles should not carry daily reports of things such as game summaries of sporting events or musical performances by a band or group unless the events themselves are noteworthy. Timely news articles, however, are welcome on our sister project Wikinews
— User:Edison, 15:38, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:NOT (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)