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 | This page in a nutshell: Typically Wikipedia keeps articles which meet its WP:NOTABILITY criterial. This essay reviews reasons why sometimes the wiki community deletes articles meeting that standard. |
Removal of Wikipedia articles on notable topics is an occurrence in which Wikipedia reviewers judge a topic to be WP:Notable and then find consensus to remove the Wikipedia article covering that topic.
"Notability" is a concept in Wikipedia which describes whether a topic merits a Wikipedia article. All topics which are "notable" merit Wikipedia articles. Wikipedia reviewers may delete any topic which is "not notable" by evaluating it in a WP:deletion process.
The removal of Wikipedia articles covering notable topics can seem surprising.