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| '''Relevance''' in Misplaced Pages is the umbrella term for: | |||
| This guideline pertains to the '''relevance''' of content within articles. For guidelines regarding the relevance of articles or subjects as a whole, see ]. For guidance on the relevance of links to outside websites, see ]. For guidance on certain types of content in general, see ]. | |||
| * being ''important'', see ] | |||
| * being ''interesting'', see ] | |||
| That ''importance'' and ''being interesting'' are treated as separate characteristics of Misplaced Pages articles follows from the ], which states that Misplaced Pages topics need to be ''important'' and '''also''' ''interesting''. | |||
| == Keep articles focused == | |||
| At times just because information is true and citable does not necessarily mean it meets the threshold for notability within a given article. | |||
| ], Misplaced Pages has unlimited capacity. However, the depth of Misplaced Pages's coverage must be balanced against the readability of its articles. An article that is dense with information only tenuously connected to the subject does little to inform the reader about the subject. | |||
| See also other ''notability'' related topics in the list on the right. | |||
| === Article scope === | |||
| The topics an article covers should match the article's title. An article titled ] should be about the global computer network, not about networking, software, or computers in general. When several concepts share the same name, such as "]", ] pages or templates should be used. | |||
| Articles on very general subjects should address the entire subject, rather than meandering into related topics for which more specific articles exist. Articles on very specific subjects can go into far greater detail. | |||
| Specific guidelines may be provided by a ] whose scope includes the article in question. | |||
| === Use summary style === | |||
| Misplaced Pages articles should be written in ], providing an ''overview'' of their subject. This overview may touch upon several related topics or subtopics, but any details not immediately relevant to the primary topic should be moved into other articles, linking to them if appropriate. If coverage of a subtopic grows to the point where it overshadows the main subject (or digresses too far from it), it may be appropriate to ] into its own article. | |||
| === Content === | |||
| Two types of facts form the bulk of Misplaced Pages's content: | |||
| * '''Basic description,''' which explains what the subject ''is'', what it ''does'' (or did), and what it is ] for. This type of information should be put in the ], or in the first lines of the section to which it is most relevant. | |||
| * '''Events that have impacted the subject.''' What kind of effect the event had should be plain; if it is not, add more context. Groups of disparate facts, such as "Trivia" lists, lack such context, and ]. | |||
| === Connections between subjects === | |||
| In many cases, a fact that connects two subjects may be important to one of the subjects, but not the other. This is often the case with creative works that incorporate other subjects: while the original subject will often have importance to the referring work, only very famous uses will increase the notability of the original subject. Incidental connections between subjects — with no demonstrable impact on either — do not need to be documented anywhere on Misplaced Pages. | |||
| == Biographical details == | |||
| Biographical subjects have special limitations. Some people are only famous for their connection to ] events, without having any fame beyond the event. As such, they are not ]s, and details of their personal lives are not relevant to what has made them of encyclopedic interest. See ] for more details. | |||
| == See also == | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ] | ] | ||
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| General notability guideline |
| Subject-specific guidelines |
| See also |
Relevance in Misplaced Pages is the umbrella term for:
- being important, see Misplaced Pages:Importance
- being interesting, see Misplaced Pages:Trivia
That importance and being interesting are treated as separate characteristics of Misplaced Pages articles follows from the NPOV tutorial, which states that Misplaced Pages topics need to be important and also interesting.
At times just because information is true and citable does not necessarily mean it meets the threshold for notability within a given article.
See also other notability related topics in the list on the right.