Template:Notability
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Usage
[edit]When to use
[edit]Add this template to the top of any page whose article subject is, in your judgment, reasonably likely to be non-notable (not the sort of subject that Wikipedia ought to have an article about). When an article is certainly, hopelessly non-notable, then you should nominate it for proposed deletion or take it to Articles for deletion instead.
Deletion is not clean up. Do not use this tag merely because the page requires significant work. Notability requires only that appropriate sources have been published about the subject. It does not require that any editor has already named these sources, followed the neutral, encyclopedic style, or otherwise written a good article.
How to use
[edit]Listed below are two types of examples of usage:
- {{Notability|date=July 2025}}
or
- {{Notability|Products|date=July 2025}} if a specific parameter is wanted.
In the above example "Products" refers to products and services. The parameter can be changed to any of the options in the list below; for example: {{notability|academics|date=July 2025}}. Note: Insert the actual month and year that you place the template on the page. Do not use the automatic {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} templates.
This template will add the article to Category:All articles with topics of unclear notability and Category:Articles with topics of unclear notability from July 2025, both hidden categories.
Providing no arguments to the template will link to the generic notability guidelines. An optional argument renders the message more specific. Specific options include:
| Argument | Specific guideline |
|---|---|
| Academics or Prof | notability guideline for academics |
| Astro | notability guideline for astronomical objects |
| Bio, Biography, or Biographies | notability guideline for biographies |
| Book or Books | notability guideline for books |
| Companies, Corp, Institutions, Org, Organisations, or Organizations |
notability guidelines for companies and organizations |
| Event or Events | notability guideline for events |
| Film, Films, Movie, or Movies | notability guideline for films |
| Geo, Geographic, Geography, Place, or Places |
notability guideline for geographic features |
| List or Lists | notability guideline for stand-alone lists |
| Music | notability guideline for music |
| Neologisms | notability guideline for neologisms |
| Numbers | notability guideline for numbers |
| Products | notability guidelines for products and services |
| Sport or Sports | notability guideline for sports and athletics |
| Television or TV | notability guideline for television |
| Web | notability guideline for web content |
Otherwise the main general notability guideline article is referenced.
Removing this tag
[edit]If you find an article that is tagged as having notability concerns, and you are certain that enough in-depth, independent sources have been published about the subject to overcome any notability issues, then you may remove this tag. It is highly desirable, but not technically required, for you to add a list of good sources to the article or its talk page, so that other editors will know about the existence of these sources.
If the template is re-added, please do not edit war over it. Questions of notability can be resolved through discussion or through Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. If the article exists within the scope of a specific WikiProject it may be beneficial to invite feedback from the group.
Template data
[edit]TemplateData for Notability
This template adds notice that the article may not meet a notability guideline, either in general or one in particular.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guideline | 1 | An identifier for an applicable notability guideline: Academics, Prof, Astro, Bio, Biography, Biographies, Book, Books, Companies, Corp, Institutions, Org, Organisations, Organizations, Event, Events, Film, Films, Movie, Movies, Geo, Geographic, Geography, Place, Places, List, Lists, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Products, Sport, Sports, or Web | String | optional |
| Month and year | date | The month and year that this notability concern was placed
| String | suggested |
See also
[edit]- {{Famous}}
- {{uw-badlistentry}} - re non-notable additions
Tracking categories
[edit]Redirects
[edit]- {{Cleanup-notability}}
- {{Nn}}
- {{NN}}
- {{Nonnotable}}
- {{Notable}}