Wikipedia:Don't assume negative notability
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Sometimes when a new article is created, it's quickly deemed as lacking
Articles for deletion
(AfD) it goes!
Right?
Alas, all too often, this happens. An article is seen that, from its title and contents, fits a likely or believed pattern of articles about non-notable subjects, so it's put in the
bitten
in this way.
And this applies to older articles stumbled across, as well. Yeah, that article's been there for years without
references
- that doesn't mean it can't be referenced. And this other article doesn't assert notability - that doesn't mean its subject isn't notable.
So
automatically
assume non-notability. After all, when you assume, you make...