Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wipipedia (2 nomination)
Those recommending to keep are correct in stating  is not a ''policy''.  However, it is still a ''guideline'', which does carry more weight in an AfD discussion than a generalized statement calling for its ignoring. To quote , the main notability guideline: ''It is generally accepted among editors and is considered a standard that all users should follow.'' Likewise, ''One notability criterion shared by nearly all of the subject-specific notability guidelines, as well as Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not, is the criterion that a topic is notable if it has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works, whose sources are independent of the subject itself.'' Look at other AfDs: a majority of the decision to keep and delete is based on such notability guidelines; while not policy, they provide an accepted barometer for whether a site is reasonably covered in third-party sources to be included herein. Any reasonable administrator will ignore, rightfully so, recommendations which simply state '' is not policy, so it doesn't matter'', as they come off as ''well, the guideline doesn't work for us, so let's give ourselves a free pass here''. Rather than simply stating that obvious truth, those recommending to keep are advised to find |reliable sources indicating if and how the notability guidelines are met
— User:Kinu, 16:59, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:WEB||WP:N||WP:WEB||WP:RS (Wikipedia:Notability)