User:AliveFreeHappy/Notability (firearms)

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WikiProject Firearms notability recommendations and advice on compliance with Wikipedia Policies and Guidelines

Please note that the WikiProject Firearms guidelines below are not an official Wikipedia Guideline at present, nor among the deletion-actionable notability criteria enumerated at
article deletion process
, which is subject to the WP Policies and Guidelines, not WikiProject recommendations.

This WikiProject guideline depends upon and is not intended to conflict in any way with

Guidelines, including Wikipedia:Notability and Wikipedia:Deletion policy
, as they apply to the firearms articlespace and categoryspace. In particular, the intent of this guideline is to help editors avoid the creation of articles that are likely to be deleted for failure to establish notability (verifiability with non-trivial coverage multiple, independent, reliable secondary sources). It is entirely possible that a subject that does not appear to qualify as notable under the terms in this document is in fact notable under the PNC.

For each broad type of firearms topic, this WikiProject's editors offer rules of thumb on what is likely to constitute sufficient importance and encyclopedic value as to attract enough verifiable independent sources to establish notability, to help editors create articles that are less likely to be the target of deletion efforts. There is no Wikipedia Policy against including articles on subjects that do not meet this guideline's criteria, but doing so is highly likely to result in the article being

deleted immediately
. Following the guidelines below will help ensure that the firearms articlespace is composed of solid, well-researched articles on demonstrably notable topics.

In the guidelines below, must (in italics) means that the requirement is derived from accepted WP Policies, while should (in italics) means that it is derived from non-controversial WP Guidelines. Note that articles that ignore one or more "should"-marked recommendations are liable to inspire other Wikipedians to

speedy deletion
.

Firearms

There is a wide variety of firearms in existence, and an almost endless number of variations of them, with sniper models, varmint models, various barrel lengths, special editions, and more. (see List of firearms, List of assault rifles, List of pistols and more) Many are of lesser long-term importance. A few basic guidelines should be kept in mind before creating an article for a specific firearm.

Cartridges

There is an unbelievable number of

Table of pistol and rifle cartridges by year, List of handgun cartridges, List of rifle cartridges
and more) Many are of lesser long-term importance. A few basic guidelines should be kept in mind before creating an article for a specific cartridge.

Persons

For a person to have an article about them and be listed in

flagged for rapid removal
as well. This articlespace is watched very closely for garbage articles and edits.

Furthermore, as with biographical articles elsewhere on Wikipedia, subjects of firearms bios (living or dead) must not be outright

categorizations that may be controversial, privacy invasive or unverified allegations of sexual preference, etc. If you detect a serious problem with the biography of a living person, feel that the article is not simply an attack or a vanity piece and thus is worth saving, but have had your attempts to resolve the problem reverted or otherwise thwarted, report the issue on the Bios of Living People Noticeboard
.

A biographical article that is based mostly or entirely on an official bio, résumé or CV published by the person on their web site, in their professional tour literature, on the cover of their book, etc., should be carefully re-worded to the extent possible to avoid

neutral point of view
. This requires article cleanup and broadened reference citations.

Articles in the firearms articlespace that do not meet these criteria are likely to be

nominated for deletion
by other Wikipedians (regardless of the existence of these WikiProject recommendations).

Organizations

National and international organizations (whether non-profit or commercial) that sponsor tournaments, are industry associations, promote legal and social issues (e.g.

copyright
), and should not be authored by representatives of the organization.

Manufacturers, suppliers and service providers

Major companies that have contributed very significantly to the evolution or advancement of firearms are potentially good topics for inclusion (e.g.

Wikipedia is not
a webmall and is not Yahoo! or Google.

WikiSpam
will be deleted mercilessly. This includes (obvious or disguised) advertising in article text, as well as blatantly commercial links to web catalogs or to ads for offline or online products/services.

Periodicals

Periodical publications with significant non-local readership (such as

copyright
), and should not be authored by representatives of the publication.

Shooting sports and other organized events

As with players and organizations, for an event (such as a championship or an industry tradeshow) or event tour to be notable it generally must have more than local or small-region significance, and be

copyright
), and should not be authored by representatives of the tournament organizers, hosts, promoters or sponsors.

Fictional Firearms

Fictional firearms (e.g. the gun carried by

Malcom Reynolds from the Firefly (TV series)
television series) should be written about in the articles relating to the works in which they appear; they do not warrant their own articles.

See also
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