Hi Kathleen, I suppose you are writing about this revision (or thereabouts): http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=October_(novel)&direction=next&oldid=617753940
A notability tag is not a "Scarlet A": it is merely a sign that the notability of the topic hasn't been sufficiently asserted. The best way to avoid it? Choose multiple, clear, independent sources. Check the subject-specific notability guidelines. For books, for instance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(books) Given a revision with two sources, one from a little-known site called "we love this book", it's unsurprising! Remember that editors come from all backgrounds and we don't all know as much as/the same things as you! I've thought a lot about notability, as a researcher, so if you want to talk more about it, let me know! -Jodi On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 7:39 PM, Kathleen McCook <klmcc...@gmail.com> wrote: > The reason I asked to discuss here is to ascertain whether or not there > seems to be a different set of notability standards by gender. > > I encourage students to contribute to Wikipedia. > But when notability is an editor's decision with so many exceptions...how > do you encourage? > > Really, I am careful and if a book by a brilliant woman like Zoe Wicomb > causes notability queries..how, on earth, can this gender gap be addressed? > > Here is Ms. Wicomb's prize announcement at Yale. > http://windhamcampbell.org/2013/winner/zo%C3%AB-wicomb > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Daniel and Elizabeth Case < >> danc...@frontiernet.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>>> On what basis in Clive Cussler notable? >>>> >>> That he’s a regular denizen of the bestseller lists in many countries >>> who’s had works adapted into major motion pictures (To be honest, I think >>> we should say that “all published works by authors who have their >>> paperbacks displayed prominently in the racks near the front of bookstores >>> at airports are notable [image: Smile]“). >>> >> >> Well, I don't know. I had never heard of Cussler before today (don't >> spend a lot of time in airport bookshops), but I did look at a couple of >> his novels' Wikipedia articles, and they didn't indicate significance any >> better than the October article. (One of them had a single, ephemeral >> reference; the other had 7 that seemed pretty thin.) >> >> I can see how Kathleen would be frustrated by what surely appears from >> her perspective to be a double standard. >> >> Pete >> [[User:Peteforsyth]] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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