Hello, welcome to your New Page Patrol School page! Please make sure you have this page added to your watchlist. Your NPP School page has been specifically designed according to you and what you have requested instruction in - for that reason, please be as specific as possible when under my instruction, so that I know the best ways to help you (and do not be afraid to let me know if you think something isn't working).
Make sure you read through Wikipedia:Notability as that's the knowledge which most of the questions I ask you and tasks you do will revolve around.
- How to use this page
This page will be built up over your time in the School, with new sections being added as you complete old ones. Each section will end with a task, written in bold type - this might just ask a question, or it might require you to go and do something. You can answer a question by typing the answer below the task; if you have to do something, you will need to provide diffs to demonstrate that you have completed the task. Some sections will have more than one task, sometimes additional tasks may be added to a section as you complete them. Please always sign your responses to tasks as you would on a talk page.
If both the instructor and student make completing the course curriculum a top priority, it will generally take around a month to go through the entirety of the curriculum. This pace is not required or necessarily expected, but rather is provided in order to give participants an idea of what to expect. It is also worth stressing early on NPP's focus on "quality not quantity" so there should not be a rush to complete assignments.
Notability edit
PART 1
Questions edit
- Question 1
In your own words, how is notability defined on Wikipedia?
- Rosguill, Notability defines whether an article is suitable for Wikipedia demonstrated by the presence of a lot of reliable sources. If an article has an high coverage by secondary and independent reliable sources it is said to be notable
- Question 2
Would step by step instructions on "How to change a car tire" be considered a notable topic in Wikipedia? Why or why not?
- It is not notable since Wikipedia is not a guidebook
- Question 3
What are the differences between the WP:GNG and the subject-specific notability guidelines? How do we determine which one to use when patrolling an article?
GNG rules are only general rules who are applied in all Wikipedia's articles. SNG guidelines are only valid for a specific topic. When an user patrol an article he should keep in his mind both SNG and GNG rules.
Subject-specific notability guidelines edit
1. Please categorize the subject-specific notability guidelines (listed at Category:Wikipedia notability guidelines) into the following three categories
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Primarily additional criteria that are likely to indicate notability |
Primarily additional considerations that define or restrict the nature of coverage or sources required |
Even mix of the previous two categories
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2. Virtually all SNGs that provide additional notability criteria specify that these criteria may indicate that the subject meets notability guidelines. How would you interpret this caveat as a new page reviewer?
- This indicates that articles that meet SNG may not be considered notable when GNG is failed so comprehensively.