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Most ideas are bad
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Wikipedia should not be a monopoly
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Existence ≠ Notability
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Google searches and numbers
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Make stubs
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No big loss
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Notability is not a matter of opinion
Notability is not relevance or reliability
Notability means impact
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Obscurity ≠ Lack of notability
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Other stuff exists
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Wikipedia is not the place to post your résumé
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