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Wikipedia:Insignificance

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Insignificant material is material that is not prominent, meaning that there are no articles on Wikipedia for which the material has WP:DUE WEIGHT.

A non-notable topic is one that as per WP:N is not "worthy of notice" to have a stand-alone article. An insignificant topic is both non-notable and not otherwise suitable as a redirect.

As per WP:Deletion policy, an article with both an insignificant topic and insignificant material may be deleted.

Alternatives to deletion

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While a topic may be too non-notable to merit its own article, the topic may be significant as a redirect.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Aspects of the topic may be prominent when discussed in a related article. As an alternative to outright deletion, editors should consider merging specific material into other articles as appropriate, while maintaining copyright compliance as described at WP:Merge and delete.

Notes

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  1. ^ WP:Deletion policy#Reasons for deletion includes point 8, which states, "Articles whose subjects fail to meet the relevant notability guideline (WP:N, WP:BIO, WP:MUSIC, WP:CORP and so forth)."
  2. ^ WP:N states, "For articles of unclear notability, deletion should be a last resort."
  3. ^ WP:Deletion policy#Alternatives to deletion states, "If editing can improve the page, this should be done rather than deleting the page."
  4. ^ WP:Editing policy#Try to fix problems states, "Instead of removing content from an article, consider...[m]erging the entire article into another article with the original article turned into a redirect as described at performing a merge".
  5. ^ WP:REDIRECT#Reasons for not deleting states, "...avoid deleting redirects if...1. They have a potentially useful page history..."
  6. ^ WP:REDIRECT#Reasons for not deleting states, "...avoid deleting redirects if...3. They aid searches on certain terms."
  7. ^ WP:REDIRECT#Reasons for not deleting states, "...avoid deleting redirects if...7. The redirect could plausibly be expanded into an article...

Further reading from WP:N

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WP:N states,

For articles of unclear notability, deletion should be a last resort.
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If appropriate sources cannot be found after a good-faith search for them, consider merging the article's verifiable content into a broader article providing context.[1]

References

  1. ^ For instance, articles on minor characters in a work of fiction may be merged into a "list of minor characters in ..."; articles on schools may be merged into articles on the towns or regions where schools are located; relatives of a famous person may be merged into the article on the person; articles on persons only notable for being associated with a certain group or event may be merged into the main article on that group or event.

See also

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