Re: How to write about things that were once notable?

Anthony <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.english
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>> If readers continue to want to read about it, then it continues to be
>> notable, no?
>
> No, notablity was established by the amount of information published in
> significant reliable sources. Reader, and editor, interest is irrelevant.

My bad.  My comment was based on the apparently mistaken premise that
we were speaking English when using words such as "notable".

> However, we do need a mechanism for weeding out information which is no
> longer of interest to readers or editors.

Why?  Is it irrelevant, or is it relevant?

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