It seems the notability requirements really serve Wikipedia's own notability. It can't say "we'll take our list of topics from Encyclopedia Britannica" but it's what it would like to do.
In the beginnings it actually made sense, too, since it would never have took off if every page was about Joe Schmo's cat.
But now that Wikipedia is probably more famous and more well known than any other "real world" encyclopedia, such "respectability hacks" are unneeded and should be repelled.
In the beginnings it actually made sense, too, since it would never have took off if every page was about Joe Schmo's cat.
But now that Wikipedia is probably more famous and more well known than any other "real world" encyclopedia, such "respectability hacks" are unneeded and should be repelled.