Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Wizard-General notability

Above all else, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. This means that by its very nature, items in Wikipedia have to be notable enough to be considered encyclopedic.

The two "gold standards" from which the notability guidelines are derived are "Verifiably" and "No original research".

• "Verifiablity", when applied to notability, states that a subject is notable if, and only if, multiple reliable third-party sources have written about it.
• "No original research" expands upon verifiability to prohibit articles about subjects that have not been previously published by a reliable source. This includes unpublished material, for example, arguments, concepts, data, ideas, statements, or theories, or any new analysis or synthesis of published material that appears to advance a position.

What Wikipedia is not: In addition to the above, the entry must be encyclopedic in nature. Items such as FAQs, video game guides, memorials, instruction manuals, directories, list of links, advertising, self-promotion, and dictionary definitions are not encyclopedic.

The "Google test"

Many Wikipedians use Internet search engines, such as Google or Yahoo, to help determine the notability of subjects. While this test is by no means official, it is a popular tool to gauge third-party interest in the subject matter. The theory is that if no third-party source on the Internet cares enough to write about the subject, it is likely that it is not notable enough for an encyclopedia. Before you submit your article, it is recommended that you do a similar search to help guage interest in the material. Some topics that fail the Google test may still be suitable for encyclopedia articles if they are well-sourced using offline sources.