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The result was delete‎. Editors should feel free to add a link to Wiktionary from this page title. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:57, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Not notable. No, seriously: notability in the English Wikipedia is notable, for sure, but notability as a general concept? There is nothing encyclopaedic to write about here beyond the dictionary definition. The article claims that it is a concept in philosophy, but it only cites one source from 1975 and I can't find anything else. The rest is just a disconnected collection of references to sources that use the word 'notability' in one of its everyday meanings; they don't outline a coherent topic.

Searches for more sources overwhelmingly turn up material about Wikipedia. And indeed this title was originally used to disambiguate notability in the English Wikipedia, to which we can now add Notability (application), which I think was better. – Joe (talk) 22:24, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Philosophy-related deletion discussions. – Joe (talk) 22:24, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I found a paper about notability, which may or may not be useful. jlwoodwa (talk) 22:53, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also a paper on geographic distribution and other factors affecting notability. jlwoodwa (talk) 23:00, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete current Wikipedia article is just a coatrack for a few blurbs about different facets of the definition; doesn't merit an entry here. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 23:32, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If notability (haha) is not find by other editors, I propose Soft redirecting to Wiktionary as an Alternative to Deletion. -1ctinus📝🗨 23:40, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As Joe Roe said, we'll still need to disambiguate Notability in the English Wikipedia and Notability (application). How about transcluding ((Wiktionary)) on the disambiguation page? jlwoodwa (talk) 03:53, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete and disambiguate with a Wiktionary template per nom. C F A 💬 23:55, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom as it's just a dictionary definition which is kinda ironic (haha). Warm Regards, Miminity (talk) (contribs) 05:37, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, a contrived topic made for novelty purposes relating to notability as an inner-workings concept in Wikipedia. Geschichte (talk) 08:30, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Disambiguate. There could be a better article here, but there should at least be a disambiguation page. BD2412 T 17:03, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: Per nom, and add a Wiktionary template to a disambiguation page. ADifferentMan (talk) 07:45, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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