 | This is an essay on notability. It contains the advice and/or opinions of one or more WikiProjects on how notability may be interpreted within their area of interest. This information is not a formal Wikipedia policy or guideline, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. |
WikiProject Cue sports notability recommendations and advice on compliance with Wikipedia policies and guidelines
This wikiproject advice page depends upon and is not intended to conflict in any way with Wikipedia:Notability criteria for article inclusion, particularly the general notability guideline (GNG), nor any basic principles laid out at WP:Notability (sports). Rather, it advises article creators/editors on the application of Wikipedia policies and guidelines, including WP:Notability and WP:Deletion policy, as they apply to the cue sports article and category range. In particular, the intent of this page is to help editors (especially newer ones) avoid the creation of articles that are likely to be deleted for failure to establish notability – verifiability with in-depth coverage in multiple, independent, reliable, secondary sources. It is entirely possible that a subject that does not appear to qualify as notable under the terms in this document is in fact notable under the GNG (sometimes for reasons unrelated to a sport).
For each broad type of cue sports topic, this wikiproject's editors offer rules of thumb on what is likely to constitute sufficient importance and encyclopedic value as to attract enough verifiable independent sources to establish notability, to help editors create articles that are less likely to be the target of deletion efforts. There is no Wikipedia policy against creating cue sports articles on subjects that do not meet this page's criteria, but doing so is highly likely to result in the article being nominated for deletion or even deleted immediately. Following the rubric below will help ensure that the cue sports categories are composed of solid, well-researched articles on demonstrably notable topics.
In the material below, must (in italics) means that the requirement is derived from accepted WP policies, while should (in italics) means that it is derived from non-controversial WP guidelines. Note that articles that ignore one or more "should"-marked recommendations are liable to inspire other Wikipedians to seek deletion or at best a merger into another article, while those that violate a "must"-marked requirement will almost certainly be subject to speedy deletion.