User:Pixelface/Timeline of notability guidelines

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This is a timeline of events related to notability guidelines / proposals / essays / user essays, as well as events related to fame, importance, relevance, significance, unremarkable things, notability, non-notability, deletion outcomes, speedy deletion, deletion arguments, etc. I am still working on a timeline of VFD.

2001

2001-12-28 (PTTBD) Wikipedia:Wikipedia utilities/Page titles to be deleted created by Zundark [1]

2002

2002-02-25 (DEL) Wikipedia:Deletion policy created by -- April [2]

2003

2003-01-19 (CYF) Wikipedia:Check your fiction created by Eloquence. [3]
2003-05-14 (VFU) Wikipedia:Votes for undeletion created by MartinHarper [4]
2003-05-31 (Delete test) Wikipedia:Delete test and welcome created by MartinHarper [5]
2003-06-19 (Delete test) Wikipedia:Delete test and welcome moved to Wikipedia:Deleted test by MartinHarper [6]
2003-08-01 (BIO) Wikipedia:Criteria for inclusion of biographies created by Kat. [7]
2003-09-03 (FICT/CYF) Wikipedia:Fiction created by MartinHarper as a redirect to Wikipedia:Check your fiction. [8]
2003-09-18 (UNDEL) Wikipedia:Undeletion policy created as a redirect to Wikipedia:Votes for undeletion by Patrick [9]
2003-11-23 (UNDEL) Angela moved text from Wikipedia:Deletion policy to Wikipedia:Undeletion policy [10]
2003-11-25 (inform) Wikipedia:Informative created by MartinHarper [11] The first revision looked like this

2004

2004-01-10 (CSD) Wikipedia:Candidates for speedy deletion created by MartinHarper [12]
2004-01-23 (Talk FAME) Wikipedia talk:Fame and importance created by Imran [13]
2004-01-29 (Talk FAME) Jimbo Wales commented. [14]
2004-02-05 (Talk FAME) Jimbo Wales commented again [15] [16] Jimbo's comment[17] receives some discussion [18]
2004-02-21 (Delete test) Wikipedia:Deleted test moved to Wikipedia:Speedy deletions by Angela [19]
2004-03-02 (FAME) Wikipedia:Fame and importance created by Oliver Pereira as a redirect to Wikipedia talk:Fame and importance [20]. Later, Oliver Pereira removed the redirect and wrote about the lack of consensus. [21]
2004-03-27 (webcomics) Wikipedia talk:Web comics created by RadicalBender [22] The first revision looked like this
2004-04-03 (inform) Angela adds a vfd notice to Wikipedia:Informative [23]
2004-05-03 (COI) Wikipedia:Vanity page created by Wxlfsr [24]
2004-07-11 (CON) Wikipedia:Consensus created by Hyacinth [25]
2004-07-15 (meta creep) Meta:Instruction creep created by Raul654 [26]
2004-07-16 (DPR) Wikipedia:Deletion process created by Rossami [27]
2004-08-26 (IMP) Wikipedia:Importance created by Gracefool. [28]
2004-08-31 (NOTE v1/IMP) Wikipedia:Notability created by Gracefool as a redirect to Wikipedia:Importance. [29]
2004-09-03 (FAME) Wikipedia:Fame and importance redirected to Wikipedia:Importance by Angela. [30]
2004-09-14 (mandel) Wikipedia:Managed Deletion created by Geogre [31]
2004-09-16 (REL) Wikipedia:Relevance created by Gracefool as a redirect to Wikipedia:Importance [32]
2004-09-24 (mandel) Wikipedia:Managed Deletion/Voting created by Geogre [33]
2004-09-26 (BEEFSTEW) User:Dpbsmith/BEEFSTEW created by Dpbsmith. [34] In the first revision, BEEFSTEW stood for "Basic Education Evaluation Form and Standardized Test for Evaluating Wikipedia School articles." As of June 30, 2008, BEEFSTEW stands for "Basic Education Evaluation Form and Standardized Test for Evaluating Worthiness"[35]
2004-10-07 (catdel) Wikipedia:Categorized Deletion created by Lowellian [36]
2004-10-08 (mandel) At Wikipedia:Managed Deletion/Voting, George said voting has concluded [37]
2004-10-08 (mandel) George stated that voting concluded on Wikipedia:Managed Deletion and the proposal failed [38]
2004-10-09 (mandel) Voting extended to October 15 on Wikipedia:Managed Deletion by Geogre [39]
2004-10-22 (predel) Wikipedia:Preliminary Deletion created by Johnleemk based on Wikipedia:Managed Deletion and a mailing list post [40]
2004-10-27 (predel) Wikipedia:Preliminary Deletion/Vote created by Johnleemk [41] Voting was opened October 29, 2004 by Poccil [42]
2004-11-08 (countdown) Wikipedia:Countdown deletion created by JRM as a proposal instead of Wikipedia:Preliminary Deletion [43]
2004-11-12 (predel) Johnleemk stated at Wikipedia:Preliminary Deletion that voting closed on November 5 and was extended a week [44]
2004-11-13 (predel) Last comments at Wikipedia:Preliminary Deletion/Vote [45]
2004-11-20 (FICT/CYF) Wikipedia:Check your fiction redirected by Jguk 2 to Wikipedia:Writing better articles#Check your fiction, where a version of it still exists as of June 22, 2008. [46]
2004-11-20 (BETTER) Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles created by Jguk 2 [47]
2004-12-06 (du) Wikipedia:Deletion unlisting created by FT2 [48]
2004-12-08 (predel) Wikipedia:Preliminary Deletion/Vote2 created by Johnleemk [49] Voting opened the next day [50]
2004-12-23 (predel) Voting at Wikipedia:Preliminary Deletion/Vote2 closed by Netoholic [51]
2004-12-26 (VfD stats) User:Johnleemk/VfD statistics created by Johnleemk [52]
2004-12-27 (predel) SimonP puts Wikipedia:Preliminary Deletion into Category:Rejected policies [53]
2004-12-27 (net phenom) Wikipedia:Internet phenomena created by Andrewa [54] The first revision looked like this [55]

2005

2005-01-02 (mandel) Dan100 left a notice at Wikipedia:Managed Deletion that it "Became Wikipedia:Preliminary deletion" [56]
2005-01-16 (CSD) Wikipedia:Candidates for speedy deletion moved to Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion by SimonP [57]
2005-01-22 (VBG/MUSIC) Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Vanity Band Guidelines created by TUF-KAT. [58]
2005-01-30 (MUSIC) WP:VBG created by TUF-KAT as a redirect to Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Vanity Band Guidelines [59]
2005-01-30 (MUSIC) Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Vanity Band Guidelines moved to Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Notability and Music Guidelines by TUF-KAT [60]
2005-02-24 (webcomics) Wikipedia talk:Web comics moved to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Webcomics/Notability and inclusion guidelines by Gwalla [61]
2005-02-24 (cent) Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Log/2005 February 24/Policy consensus created by AllyUnion with text from User:AllyUnion/AFD List [62]
2005-03-01 (cent) Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Log/2005 February 24/Policy consensus moved to Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Policy consensus by Radiant! [63]
2005-03-06 (OUTCOMES) Radiant! created User:Radiant/Test [64]
2005-03-08 (CENTRAL) Wikipedia talk:Votes for deletion/Policy consensus created by Radiant! [65]
2005-03-09 (category) Category:Notability and inclusion guidelines for WikiProjects deleted by Gwalla, then restored
2005-03-15 (MinorC) Wikipedia:Deletion policy/Minor characters created by Radiant!. [66]
2005-03-29 (FICT) Radiant! began writing at Wikipedia:Fiction, referring to Wikipedia:Deletion policy/Minor characters.[67]
2005-04-03 (countdown) Wikipedia:Countdown deletion revived by JRM [68]
2005-04-04 (COI) UninvitedCompany adds a semipolicy tag to Wikipedia:Vanity page [69]
2005-04-05 (countdown) Wikipedia:Countdown deletion marked rejected by UninvitedCompany [70] JRM marks it notpolicy instead [71]
2005-04-05 (predel) UninvitedCompany adds a rejected tag to Wikipedia:Preliminary Deletion [72]
2005-04-05 (catdel) UninvitedCompany adds a notpolicy tag to Wikipedia:Categorized Deletion [73]
2005-04-20 (Demi) Demi created User:Demi/Notability [74]
2005-04-27 (INCL) Wikipedia:WikiProject Inclusion created by Stevertigo [75]
2005-05-03 (UNDEL) Wikipedia:Undeletion policy tagged as a policy by Netoholic [76]
2005-05-12 (du) Wikipedia:Deletion unlisting marked historical by Radiant! [77]
2005-05-12 (catdel) Radiant! adds a historical tag to Wikipedia:Categorized Deletion, said see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Policy consensus [78]
2005-05-15 (inform) Netoholic adds a rejected tag to Wikipedia:Informative [79]
2005-05-15 (DPR) Netoholic adds a guideline tag to Wikipedia:Deletion process [80]
2005-05-17 (schools 5-17-05) Wikipedia:Schools created by Radiant! [81] The first revision looked like this
2005-05-19 (NOTE v1/Demi) Neutrality copied User:Demi/Notability over to Wikipedia:Notability. [82]
2005-05-23 (VfD load) Wikipedia:Deletion policy/Reducing VfD load created by Radiant! [83]
2005-05-23 (mandel) Radiant! puts a rejected tag on Wikipedia:Managed Deletion [84]
2005-05-30 (schools 5-17-05) Wikipedia:Schools moved to Wikipedia:Schools/Archive by Radiant! [85]
2005-05-30 (schools 5-30-05) Radiant! begins writing at Wikipedia:Schools [86]
2005-06-02 (inform) Wikipedia:Informative moved to Wikipedia:Informative/Old by Gracefool [87]
2005-06-02 (inform) Wikipedia:Informative redirected to Wikipedia:Importance by Gracefool [88]
2005-06-13 (VfD load/A) Wikipedia:Deletion policy/Reducing VfD load/Analysis created by Radiant! [89]
2005-06-18 (CSD P) Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion/Proposal created by Radiant! [90]
2005-06-24 (WEB v1) Radiant! created Wikipedia:Websites [91]
2005-07-03 (WEB v1/WEB v2) Wikipedia:Websites moved to Wikipedia talk:Websites by Humblefool. [92] Preliminary guideline created by Humblefool [93]
2005-07-04 (OUTCOMES) Radiant! moved User:Radiant/Test to Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Precedents [94]
2005-07-04 (CSD P 7) Radiant! created Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion/Proposal/7 about RPG characters [95] and the proposal failed[96]
2005-07-04 (CSD P 1) Radiant! created Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion/Proposal/1 about unremarkable people. [97] The proposal passed [98]
2005-07-08 (MUSIC) Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Notability and Music Guidelines made a guideline by Jtkiefer. [99]
2005-07-24 (ways) Wikipedia:List of ways to verify notability of articles created by SuperDude115 [100]
2005-08-04 (DELSORT) Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting created by Ed Poor with the edit summary "proposed by user:Visviva to support Wikipedia:deletion reform" [101]
2005-08-10 (NUMBER) User:Uncle G/Wikipedia is not infinite created by Uncle G [102]
2005-08-10 (countdown) Wikipedia:Countdown deletion marked historical by Radiant! [103]
2005-08-13 (COI) Wikipedia:Vanity page moved to Wikipedia:Vanity pages and vanity information by Scottperry [104]
2005-08-14 (COI) Wikipedia:Vanity pages and vanity information moved to Wikipedia:Vanity guidelines by Scottperry [105]
2005-08-14 (COI) Wikipedia:Vanity page redirected to Wikipedia:Vanity guidelines by Scottperry [106]
2005-08-17 (CENTRAL) Wikipedia talk:Votes for deletion/Policy consensus moved to Wikipedia:Centralized discussion by Radiant! [107]
2005-08-17 (cent) Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Policy consensus moved to Template:Cent by Radiant! [108]
2005-09-01 (OUTCOMES) Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Precedents moved to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Precedents by Uncle G's major work 'bot [109]
2005-09-09 (VFD>AFD) Wikipedia:Votes for deletion moved to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion by Sam Korn [110]
2005-09-10 (CORP) Wikipedia:Companies, corporations and economic information/Notability and inclusion guidelines created by Uncle G, "modelled after those for Wikipedia:WikiProject Music" [111]
2005-09-30 (REL) Wikipedia:Relevance unredirected by Francis Schonken [112]
2005-09-30 (songs) Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Notability and Music Guidelines/Songs created by TUF-KAT [113]
2005-10-04 (SK) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Speedy keep proposal created by Thryduulf [114]
2005-10-05 (DESiegel) DESiegel created User:DESiegel/Notability proposal and later moved it to Wikipedia:Notability proposal [115]
2005-10-05 (webcomics) Encephalon adds a proposed tag to Wikipedia:WikiProject Webcomics/Notability and inclusion guidelines [116]
2005-10-13 (N/Essay) Wikipedia:Notability/Essay created by Radiant!. [117]
2005-10-18 (VFU>DRV) Wikipedia:Votes for undeletion moved to Wikipedia:Deletion review by Radiant! [118]
2005-10-20 (episodes) Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Television episodes created by Andrew Levine [119]
2005-10-26 (webcomics/old) SCZenz created Wikipedia:WikiProject Webcomics/Notability and inclusion guidelines/Old [120]
2005-10-26 (webcomics) SCZenz substitutes their proposal at Wikipedia:WikiProject Webcomics/Notability and inclusion guidelines [121]
2005-10-27 (webcomics) Aaron Brenneman redirects Wikipedia:WikiProject Webcomics/Notability and inclusion guidelines to Wikipedia:Websites [122] Redirect later fixed by Jiy [123] and Hiding [124]
2005-10-28 (SK) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Speedy keep proposal tagged as a guideline by Radiant! [125]
2005-10-28 (SK) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Speedy keep proposal moved to Wikipedia:Speedy keep by Radiant! [126]
2005-10-29 (du) Wikipedia:Deletion unlisting redirected to Wikipedia:Speedy keep by Radiant! [127]
2005-10-29 (DPR) Radiant! adds a merge tag to Wikipedia:Deletion process pointing to Wikipedia:Guide to deletion [128]
2005-10-30 (net phenom) Wikipedia:Internet phenomena redirected to Wikipedia:Websites by Radiant! [129] Redirect later fixed by Jiy, Hiding
2005-10-31 (category) Category:Notability and inclusion guidelines for WikiProjects deleted by Kbdank71. Kbdank71 closed this CFD as merge. A similar CFD was held a week earlier[130]
2005-11-17 (NUMBER) User:Uncle G/Wikipedia is not infinite moved to Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not infinite by Uncle G [131]
2005-11-20 (DPR) Cryptic removes the merge tag from Wikipedia:Deletion process [132]
2005-11-29 (MUSIC) Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Notability and Music Guidelines moved to Wikipedia:Notability and Music Guidelines by Radiant! [133]
2005-11-29 (incguide) Radiant! created Template:IncGuide [134] The first revision looked like this, linking to BIO, CORP, FICT, MUSIC, and WEB.
2005-12-12 Jiy moves various pages to Wikipedia:Notability (*) [135]
2005-12-12 (BIO) Wikipedia:Criteria for inclusion of biographies moved to Wikipedia:Notability (people) by Jiy. [136]
2005-12-12 (FICT) Wikipedia:Fiction moved to Wikipedia:Notability (fiction) by Jiy "to create a central naming scheme for notability guidelines similiar to the manual of style." [137]
2005-12-12 (MUSIC) Wikipedia:Notability and Music Guidelines moved to Wikipedia:Notability (music) by Jiy [138]
2005-12-12 (NUMBER) Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not infinite moved to Wikipedia:Notability (numbers) by Jiy [139]
2005-12-12 (CORP) Wikipedia:Companies, corporations and economic information/Notability and inclusion guidelines moved to Wikipedia:Notability (companies and corporations) by Jiy [140]
2005-12-12 (WEB v2) Wikipedia:Websites moved to Wikipedia:Notability (websites) by Jiy [141]
2005-12-12 (WEB v1) Jiy moved Wikipedia talk:Websites to Wikipedia talk:Notability (websites) [142]
2005-12-12 (broadcasting) Jiy moved Wikipedia:Broadcasting notability to Wikipedia:Notability (broadcasting) [143]
2005-12-23 (PROF) Wikipedia:Criteria for inclusion of biographies/Academics created by Segv11 [144]
2005-12-29 (software) Wikipedia:Notability (software) created by Stephen Deken [145]

2006

2006-01-12 (CORP) Hiding adds a guideline tag to Wikipedia:Notability (companies and corporations) [146]
2006-01-22 (DELSORT) Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting marked historical by Radiant! [147] Thivierr removes the historical tag 4 days later [148]
2006-01-22 (creep) Instruction creep created by Demi [149]
2006-01-27 (PROD) Radiant! created Wikipedia:Proposed deletion [150]
2006-02-04 (PROD) Radiant! said Wikipedia:Proposed deletion has gone live [151]
2006-02-05 (PROD) Rebecca marks Wikipedia:Proposed deletion as proposed, removes the live notice [152]
2006-02-06 (schools 5-30-05) Unforgettableid moved Wikipedia:Schools to Wikipedia:Notability (schools) [153]
2006-02-06 (schools 5-30-05) Thivierr moved Wikipedia:Notability (schools) to Wikipedia:Schools [154]
2006-02-08 (elections) User talk:Mwalcoff/Candidates and elections created by Mwalcoff [155]
2006-02-16 (elections) User talk:Mwalcoff/Candidates and elections moved to User:Mwalcoff/Candidates and elections by Mwalcoff [156]
2006-03-15 (REL) Next edits to Wikipedia:Relevance, by Tifego [157]
2006-03-22 (PROF) Wikipedia:Criteria for inclusion of biographies/Academics moved to Wikipedia:Notability (Academics) by Quarl [158] Then moved to Wikipedia:Notability (academics) [159]
2006-03-27 (WAF) User:BrianSmithson/Writing about fiction created by Amcaja [160]
2006-03-29 (SIGNIF) Wikipedia:Significance created by Hiding. [161]
2006-04-04 (SIGNIF) Wikipedia:Significance moved to Wikipedia:Notability/Proposal by Hiding "to better propose as a notability guideline." [162]
2006-04-07 (incguide) John Reid moved Template:IncGuide to Template:Notabilityguide [163]
2006-04-13 (memes) Wikipedia:Notability (memes) created by Urthogie [164] Urthogie adds a proposed tag [165]
2006-04-25 (WEB v1) Hiding moved Wikipedia talk:Notability (websites) to Wikipedia talk:Notability (web) [166]
2006-04-26 (PORNBIO) User:Joe Beaudoin Jr./Notability for pornographic actors created by Joe Beaudoin Jr. [167]
2006-04-29 (Rossami/Sandbox) Rossami created User:Rossami/Sandbox about notability debate participants [168]
2006-05-09 (elections) User:Mwalcoff/Candidates and elections moved to Wikipedia:Candidates and elections by Mwalcoff [169]
2006-05-12 (PORNBIO) User:Joe Beaudoin Jr./Notability for pornographic actors moved to Wikipedia:Notability (pornographic actors) by Joe Beaudoin Jr. [170]
2006-05-16 (broadcasting) Unforgettableid moved Wikipedia:Notability (broadcasting) to Wikipedia:Notability (U.S. broadcasters) [171]
2006-05-23 (ElC/AFDC) Wikipedia:AfD reform created as a proposal by El C [172]
2006-05-26 (grace) Wikipedia:AfD Grace Period created by El C [173]
2006-05-26 (AFDC) At Wikipedia:AfD reform, El C links to another proposal, Wikipedia:AfD Grace Period [174]
2006-05-29 (WAF) User:BrianSmithson/Writing about fiction moved to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction) by Ragesoss [175]
2006-06-03 (inform) Wikipedia:Informative redirected to Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not by Francis Schonken [176]
2006-06-07 (PORNBIO) Wikipedia:Notability (pornographic actors) moved to Wikipedia:Notability (erotic actors) by Fubar Obfusco [177]
2006-06-07 (ORG) Wikipedia:Notability (organizatons) created by Dspserpico [178]
2006-06-07 (ORG) Wikipedia:Notability (organizatons) moved to Wikipedia:Notability (organizations) by Dspserpico because of typo [179]
2006-06-11 (WEB v1) Aaron Brenneman moved Wikipedia talk:Notability (web) to Wikipedia talk:Notability (web)/Archive 06 [180]
2006-06-14 (INN) User:Kchase02/Inclusion is Not an indicator of Notability created by Chaser [181]
2006-06-14 (INN) User:Kchase02/Inclusion is Not an indicator of Notability moved to Wikipedia:Inclusion is Not an indicator of Notability by Chaser [182]
2006-06-15 (IS) Wikipedia:Independent sources created by Hiding [183]
2006-06-20 (NNOT) Wikipedia:Non-notability created by Fresheneesz [184]
2006-07-01 (BK) Wikipedia:Notability (books) created by Fuhghettaboutit [185]
2006-07-01 (category) Category:Wikipedians against notability created by Chris is me [186]
2006-07-02 (PORNBIO) Wikipedia:Notability (erotic actors) moved to Wikipedia:Notability (pornographic actors) by Joe Beaudoin Jr. [187]
2006-07-04 (songs) TUF-KAT moved Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Notability and Music Guidelines/Songs to Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Notability and Songs [188]
2006-07-05 (NOTFILM) Wikipedia:Notability (films) created by Eluchil404 [189]
2006-07-09 (songs) Extraordinary Machine moved Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Notability and Songs to Wikipedia:Notability (songs) [190]
2006-07-19 (NNOT/E) Essay:Non-notability created by Fresheneesz [191]
2006-07-19 (NNOT/E) RHaworth moved Essay:Non-notability to User:Fresheneesz/Non-notability [192]
2006-07-20 (NNOT/E) Fresheneesz moved User:Fresheneesz/Non-notability to Wikipedia:Non-notability/Essay [193]
2006-07-23 (elections) Wikipedia:Notability (candidates and elections) created by SMcCandlish as a redirect to Wikipedia:Candidates and elections [194]
2006-07-25 (creep) EurekaLott adds a prod tag to Instruction creep [195] Crzrussian removes it [196]
2006-07-28 (UG/ON) User:Uncle G/On notability created by Uncle G [197]
2006-08-01 (schools 5-30-05) A Man In Black moved Wikipedia:Schools to Wikipedia:Schools/Defunct [198]
2006-08-01 (schools 8-1-06) User:A Man In Black/Schools created by A Man In Black [199]
2006-08-01 (schools 8-1-06) A Man In Black moved User:A Man In Black/Schools to Wikipedia:Schools [200]
2006-08-03 (creep) Davodd moved Instruction creep to Wikipedia:Avoid instruction creep, "Port from Meta-wiki" [201]
2006-08-03 (creep) Davodd adds a proposed tag to Wikipedia:Avoid instruction creep [202]
2006-08-03 (creep) Davodd marks Wikipedia:Avoid instruction creep as an essay [203]
2006-08-04 (royalty) Wikipedia:Notability (royalty) created by Kafziel [204]
2006-08-06 (ATA) User:Daduzi/Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions created by Daduzi [205]
2006-08-06 (memes) Mangojuice replaces the proposed tag with a rejected tag on Wikipedia:Notability (memes) [206]
2006-08-15 (userbox) A notability hurts userbox is created by Chris is me [207]
2006-08-31 (CAT:AFD) Category:AfD debates created by Ais523 per "WP:ElC", referring to Wikipedia:AfD reform (later moved to Wikipedia:AfD categories) [208]
2006-09-05 (elections) Wikipedia:Candidates and elections marked historical by Radiant! [209]
2006-09-05 (AFDC) El C adds a policy tag to Wikipedia:AfD reform [210]
2006-09-05 (grace) Wikipedia:AfD Grace Period marked historical by El C [211]
2006-09-06 (AFDC) At Wikipedia:AfD reform, El C moves comments to the talk page [212]
2006-09-06 (AFDC) El C moved Wikipedia:AfD reform to Wikipedia:AfD categories, saying "let's use the original for other prospective AfD reform proposals" [213]
2006-09-06 (ElC) At Wikipedia:AfD reform, El C lists various past and present proposals [214]
2006-09-06 (PORNBIO) Radiant! puts a merge tag on Wikipedia:Notability (pornographic actors) pointing to Wikipedia:Notability (people) [215] The merge tag was removed September 19, 2006 by AnonEMouse [216]
2006-09-06 (songs) Radiant! adds a merge tag to Wikipedia:Notability (songs), pointing to Wikipedia:Notability (music) [217]
2006-09-06 (ORG) Radiant! adds a historical tag to Wikipedia:Notability (organizations) and a merge tag pointing to Wikipedia:Notability (companies and corporations) [218]
2006-09-06 (broadcasting) Wikipedia:Notability (U.S. broadcasters) marked historical by Radiant! [219]
2006-09-06 (broadcasting) Radiant! moved Wikipedia:Notability (U.S. broadcasters) to Wikipedia:Notability (TV and radio stations) [220]
2006-09-06 (royalty) Radiant! moved Wikipedia:Notability (royalty) to Wikipedia:Notability (nobility) [221] Radiant! also added a merge tag pointing to Wikipedia:Notability (people)
2006-09-07 (royalty) Kafziel moved Wikipedia:Notability (nobility) back to Wikipedia:Notability (royalty) and removed the merge tag [222]
2006-09-07 (NOTE v1/NOTE v2) Wikipedia:Notability moved to Wikipedia:Notability/Arguments by Radiant! and Radiant! began writing at Wikipedia:Notability. [223]
2006-09-08 (royalty) Radiant! re-adds a merge tag to Wikipedia:Notability (royalty) [224]
2006-09-09 (INN) Wikipedia:Inclusion is Not an indicator of Notability moved to Wikipedia:Inclusion is not an indicator of notability by Radiant! [225]
2006-09-09 (ElC) At Wikipedia:AfD reform, El C lists Wikipedia:Notability under recent proposals [226]
2006-09-15 (comedy) User:ChrisGriswold/comedy proposal created by ChrisGriswold [227]
2006-09-15 (comedy) ChrisGriswold moved User:ChrisGriswold/comedy proposal to Wikipedia:Notability (comedy) [228]
2006-09-19 (royalty) Kafziel removes the merge tag from Wikipedia:Notability (royalty) [229]
2006-09-23 (NOTE v2) Wikipedia:Notability was tagged as a guideline by Radiant! (oldid) and it transcluded Template:IncGuide. At the time, Template:IncGuide looked like this.
2006-09-24 (DELSORT) Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting marked historical by Radiant!, writing "This page has been superseded by the automated process at Wikipedia:AfD categories" [230] Visviva removed the historical tag 1 day later [231]
2006-10-10 (COI) Radiant! moved Wikipedia:Vanity guidelines to Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, saying "Deprecate derogatory term "vanity"" [232]
2006-10-11 (COI) Wikipedia:Vanity page redirected to Wikipedia:Conflict of interest by Charles Matthews [233]
2006-10-31 (schools 8-1-06) Wikipedia:Schools marked rejected by KillerChihuahua [234] Revert by Uncle G [235]
2006-11-05 (schools 11-5-06) User:JoshuaZ/Schoolproposal created by JoshuaZ [236]
2006-11-06 (schools 11-5-06) User:JoshuaZ/Schoolproposal moved to Wikipedia:Schools3 and marked as a proposal by JoshuaZ [237]
2006-11-07 (game guide) Wikipedia:Game guide created by Havok [238]
2006-11-13 (albums) Wikipedia:Notability (albums) created by PhilKnight [239]
2006-11-14 (albums) Radiant! adds a merge tag to Wikipedia:Notability (albums) pointing to Wikipedia:Notability (music) [240]
2006-11-14 (schools 8-1-06) Radiant! adds a merge tag to Wikipedia:Schools pointing to Wikipedia:Schools3 [241]
2006-11-14 (schools 11-5-06) Radiant! adds a merge tag to Wikipedia:Schools3 pointing to Wikipedia:Schools [242]
2006-11-14 (comedy) Wikipedia:Notability (comedy) marked historical by Radiant! [243]
2006-11-23 (comedy) Wikipedia:Notability (comedy) marked proposed by Radiant! [244]
2006-11-23 (cavg) Wikipedia:Notability (computer and video games) created as a proposal by Iced Kola [245] The first revision looked like this
2006-11-29 (NOTFILM) Wikipedia:Notability (films) marked historical by Radiant! [246]
2006-12-04 (ATA) User:Daduzi/Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions moved to Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions by Samuel Blanning [247]
2006-12-05 (FAME) SMcCandlish removes the redirect from Wikipedia:Fame and importance [248]
2006-12-05 (WPNN) Wikipedia:WikiProject Notability created by Panoptical [249]
2006-12-06 (schools 8-1-06) S charette removed the merge tag from Wikipedia:Schools [250]
2006-12-11 (HIST) Wikipedia:Notability/Historical created by SMcCandlish to explain the history of notability guidelines. [251]
2006-12-11 SMcCandlish moves various pages under Wikipedia:Notability/Historical/ [252]
2006-12-11 (SIGNIF) Wikipedia:Notability/Proposal moved to Wikipedia:Notability/Historical/Significance by SMcCandlish. [253]
2006-12-11 (IMP) Wikipedia:Importance moved to Wikipedia:Notability/Historical/Importance by SMcCandlish. [254]
2006-12-11 (FAME) Wikipedia:Fame and importance moved to Wikipedia:Notability/Historical/Fame and importance by SMcCandlish [255]
2006-12-11 (N/Essay) Wikipedia:Notability/Essay moved to Wikipedia:Notability/Historical/Essay by SMcCandlish. [256]
2006-12-11 (NNOT) Wikipedia:Non-notability moved to Wikipedia:Notability/Historical/Non-notability by SMcCandlish [257]
2006-12-11 (DESiegel) Wikipedia:Notability proposal moved to Wikipedia:Notability/Historical/Notability changes by SMcCandlish [258]

2007

2007-01-02 (BK) Radiant! removes the proposed tag from Wikipedia:Notability (books) and adds a historical tag and merge tag pointing to Wikipedia:Notability (fiction) [259] Radiant restores the proposed tag [260]
2007-01-02 (songs) Radiant! puts a historical tag on Wikipedia:Notability (songs) [261]
2007-01-02 (software) Radiant! adds a merge tag to Wikipedia:Notability (software) pointing to Wikipedia:Notability (computer and video games) [262]
2007-01-02 (cavg) Radiant! adds a merge tag to Wikipedia:Notability (computer and video games), pointing to Wikipedia:Notability (software) [263]
2007-01-02 (game guide) Wikipedia:Game guide marked historical by Radiant! [264]
2007-01-04 (cavg) Mangojuice redirects Wikipedia:Notability (computer and video games) to Wikipedia:Notability (software) [265]
2007-01-04 (software) Mangojuice removes the merge tag from Wikipedia:Notability (software), saying "merge complete" [266]
2007-01-11 (NOTE v1) Wikipedia:Notability/Arguments moved to to Wikipedia:Notability/Historical/Arguments by Radiant! [267]
2007-01-12 (game guide) Greeves changed the historical tag to proposed at Wikipedia:Game guide [268]
2007-01-16 (ORG) Radiant! adds a historical tag to Wikipedia:Notability (organizations) [269] Agent 86 removes it [270] Radiant! re-adds it [271] Agent 86 removes it [272]
2007-01-16 (albums) Wikipedia:Notability (albums) marked historical by Radiant! [273]
2007-01-16 (software) Radiant! adds a merge tag to Wikipedia:Notability (software) suggesting Wikipedia:Game guide be merged into the page [274]
2007-01-16 (game guide) Radiant! added a merge tag to Wikipedia:Game guide, pointing to Wikipedia:Notability (software) [275]
2007-01-19 (schools 8-1-06) S charette adds a rejected tag to Wikipedia:Schools [276]
2007-01-26 (creep) Steel protected Wikipedia:Avoid instruction creep for edit warring by Bdj and Radiant! over the guideline tag [277]
2007-01-27 (software) Greeves removes the merge tag from Wikipedia:Notability (software) [278]
2007-01-27 (game guide) Greeves removed the merge tag from Wikipedia:Game guide [279]
2007-01-31 (schools 8-1-06) Radiant! moved Wikipedia:Schools to Wikipedia:Schools/Old proposal [280]
2007-01-31 (schools 11-5-06) Wikipedia:Schools3 moved to Wikipedia:Schools by Radiant! [281]
2007-02-03 (CORP) Wikipedia:Notability (companies and corporations) moved to Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) by Kevin Murray [282]
2007-02-03 (ORG>CORP) Kevin Murray redirects Wikipedia:Notability (organizations) to Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) "per consensus reached 1/3/07" [283]
2007-02-07 (creep) Picaroon unprotected Wikipedia:Avoid instruction creep [284]
2007-02-13 (OUTCOMES) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Precedents moved to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes by Radiant! [285]
2007-02-14 (creep) Kim Bruning marks Wikipedia:Avoid instruction creep as a policy [286] Bdj marks it a guideline [287] Radiant! adds a messagebox pointing to Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy [288]
2007-02-15 (LAP) Wikipedia:Overlapping policies and guidelines created by Radiant! [289]
2007-02-19 (comedy) Wikipedia:Notability (comedy) marked historical by Radiant! [290]
2007-02-23 (overview) Wikipedia talk:Notability/overview created by Kevin Murray [291]
2007-02-25 (journalists) Wikipedia:Notability (journalists) created by Mr.Z-man [292] The proposal was rejected.
2007-02-27 (NOTFILM) Wikipedia:Notability (films) nominated for deletion by Kevin Murray, who later withdrew. [293]
2007-02-27 (royalty) Wikipedia:Notability (royalty) marked rejected by Kevin Murray "per Radiant's analysis" [294]
2007-03-13 (Delete test) Wikipedia:Speedy deletions redirected to Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion by Radiant! [295]
2007-03-13 (ElC) Radiant! marks Wikipedia:AfD reform historical [296]
2007-03-24 (ElC) El C removes the historical tag from Wikipedia:AfD reform [297]
2007-03-24 (ElC) Ais523 tags Wikipedia:AfD reform as unmaintained [298]
2007-03-26 (UNDEL) Radiant! adds a merge tag to Wikipedia:Undeletion policy pointing to Wikipedia:Deletion policy [299]
2007-03-26 (software) Kevin Murray marks Wikipedia:Notability (software) as rejected [300] Radiant! replaces the rejected tag with historical [301]
2007-03-27 (game guide) Kevin Murray tags Wikipedia:Game guide as rejected [302]
2007-04-02 (UNDEL) Wikipedia:Undeletion policy redirected to Wikipedia:Deletion policy by Radiant! [303]
2007-04-02 (game guide) Havok removes the rejected tag from Wikipedia:Game guide [304] Kevin Murray re-added the rejected tag [305]
2007-04-10 (schools 11-24-07) Last edit to Wikipedia:Notability (schools) as of June 30, 2008 [306]
2007-04-16 (episodes) Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Television episodes moved to Wikipedia:Television episodes by Radiant! [307]
2007-05-07 (songs) Mel Etitis replaces the historical tag with a proposed tag at Wikipedia:Notability (songs) [308]
2007-05-08 (creep) Wikipedia:Avoid instruction creep changed from guideline to essay by UnitedStatesian [309]
2007-05-19 (software) Greeves marks Wikipedia:Notability (software) as rejected [310] Andrevan marks it historical one day later [311]
2007-06-02 (ways) Wikipedia:List of ways to verify notability of articles moved to User:SMcCandlish/List of ways to verify notability of articles by Titoxd, "temp userfy" [312]
2007-06-15 (REL) Father Goose created a new proposed guideline at Wikipedia:Relevance [313]
2007-06-15 (songs) Wikipedia:Notability (songs) redirected to Wikipedia:Notability (music) by Kevin Murray [314]
2007-06-25 (UNDEL) Wikipedia:Undeletion policy redirected to Wikipedia:Deletion policy#Deletion review by Jaysweet [315]
2007-07-01 (game guide) Wikipedia:Game guide redirected to Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Article guidelines by Andrevan [316]
2007-07-04 (aircraft) User:Rlandmann/NAIR created by Rlandmann as an essay [317]
2007-07-12 (rel em) User:WikiLen/Relevance created as a proposal by Len Raymond [318]
2007-08-02 (roc) Wikipedia:Relevance of content created by Father Goose [319]
2007-08-14 (rel em) Len Raymond moved User:WikiLen/Relevance to Wikipedia:Relevance emerges [320]
2007-09-05 (inherent) Wikipedia:Inherent notability created by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) [321]
2007-09-13 (PORNBIO) Kevin Murray puts a merge tag on Wikipedia:Notability (pornographic actors) [322]
2007-09-13 (BK) Kevin Murray adds a merge tag to Wikipedia:Notability (books) [323] Erachima removes it. [324] Kevin Murray re-adds it. [325] Ned Scott removes it. [326]
2007-09-14 (schools 11-5-06) Wikipedia:Schools moved to Wikipedia:Schools/March 2007 by SmokeyJoe [327]
2007-09-14 (schools) SmokeyJoe began writing at Wikipedia:Schools [328]
2007-09-14 (schools) At Wikipedia:Schools SmokeyJoe links to previous schools proposals such as Wikipedia:Schools/Defunct, Wikipedia:Schools/Old proposal, and Wikipedia:Schools/March 2007 from March 2007 [329]
2007-10-06 (PORNBIO) Wikipedia:Notability (pornographic actors) redirected to Wikipedia:Notability (people) by Kevin Murray "per discussion here and at BIO" [330]
2007-10-22 (webcomics/old) Hiding moved Wikipedia:WikiProject Webcomics/Notability and inclusion guidelines/Old to Wikipedia:Notability (web)/Old [331]
2007-11-11 (LAP) Wikipedia:Overlapping policies and guidelines marked historical by Radiant! [332]
2007-11-24 (schools 11-24-07) Victor falk created Wikipedia:SCHOOLCONSENSUS [333]
2007-11-24 (schools 11-24-07) Victor falk moved Wikipedia:SCHOOLCONSENSUS to Wikipedia:WikiProject school consensus resolution [334]
2007-11-25 (INN) Wikipedia:Inclusion is not an indicator of notability marked historical by SMcCandlish, saying "No one cites this any more; it has been supplanted by WP:N and Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions#What about article x?" [335]
2007-11-25 (NNOT/E) SMcCandlish moved Wikipedia:Non-notability/Essay to Wikipedia:Notability/Historical/Non-notability/Essay [336]
2007-11-25 (ways) User:SMcCandlish/List of ways to verify notability of articles moved to Wikipedia:Notability/Historical/List of ways to verify notability of articles by SMcCandlish, "Archiving in the "Notability graveyard"" [337]
2007-11-26 (schools 11-24-07) TerriersFan moved Wikipedia:WikiProject school consensus resolution to Wikipedia:School [338]
2007-11-26 (schools) At Wikipedia:Schools TerriersFan says the current discussion is at Wikipedia:School [339]
2007-11-27 (schools 11-24-07) Secret moved Wikipedia:School to Wikipedia:Notability (schools) [340]
2007-11-29 (roc) Wikipedia:Relevance of content tagged as an essay by Newbyguesses [341] after much warring over tags
2007-12-01 (REL) Father Goose marks Wikipedia:Relevance as rejected [342] Francis Schonken removes the rejected tag [343]
2007-12-06 (NOPE) Hiding created User:Hiding/What notability is not [344]
2007-12-08 (SM N/D) User:SMcCandlish/Notability and Deletion policy created by SMcCandlish, "Moving essay to own page off of my user page" [345]
2007-12-08 (BETTER) Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles moved to Wikipedia:Writing better articles by Radiant! [346]
2007-12-08 (rel em) At Wikipedia:Relevance emerges, Radiant! changed the supplement tag to essay [347]
2007-12-14 (fict prop) User:Masem/wp-fict-proposed created by Masem [348]
2007-12-20 (category) Category:Wikipedians against notability nominated for deletion by jc37 [349] The result was keep.
2007-12-27 (inherent) Wikipedia:Inherent notability nominated for deletion by ChazBeckett. The result was keep.

2008

2008-01-24 (creep) Wikipedia:Avoid instruction creep changed from guideline to supplement by Ashley Y [350]
2008-01-27 (WEB v1) 16@r moved Wikipedia talk:Notability (web)/Archive 06 to Wikipedia talk:Notability (web)/Archive 6 [351]
2008-01-28 (places) Wikipedia:Notability (Places and transportation) created by Sebwite [352]
2008-01-30 (serial) Wikipedia:Notability (serial works) created by Masem [353]
2008-01-31 (FICT/N) Wikipedia:Fiction/Noticeboard created by Hiding [354]
2008-03-10 (crime) User:Fritzpoll/Notability (criminal acts) created by Fritzpoll [355]
2008-03-15 (crime) Fritzpoll moved User:Fritzpoll/Notability (criminal acts) to Wikipedia:Notability (criminal acts) [356]
2008-03-29 (toys) Wikipedia:Notability (Toys, games, and video games) created by Mr Senseless [357]
2008-04-04 (toys) Wikipedia:Notability (Toys, games, and video games) moved to Wikipedia:Notability (toys and games) by Percy Snoodle, "Match casing of other guidelines; video games are games." [358]
2008-04-20 (geo) Wikipedia:Notability (geography) created as an essay by Rividian [359]
2008-05-01 (IS) Wikipedia:Independent sources made a guideline by MrMurph101 [360]
2008-05-01 (IS) Wikipedia:Independent sources made an essay by John Broughton [361]
2008-05-13 (postpone) Wikipedia:Postponed Deletion created by Masem [362]
2008-05-13 (postpone) Percy Snoodle moved Wikipedia:Postponed Deletion to Wikipedia:Postponed deletion [363]
2008-06-01 (aircraft) Rlandmann moved User:Rlandmann/NAIR to Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/Notability [364]
2008-06-01 (aircraft) Rlandmann moved Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/Notability to Wikipedia:Notability (aircraft) [365]
2008-06-15 (REL) Kevin Murray changes the proposal tag to rejected at Wikipedia:Relevance [366] Kevin Murray then changes the rejected tag to essay [367]
2008-06-16 (serial) Wikipedia:Notability (serial works) marked rejected by Masem [368]
2008-07-02 (bldg) Wikipedia:Notability (Places of worship) created by Hellno2 [369]
2008-07-09 (lea) Wikipedia:Notability (law enforcement egency) created as a proposal by Pee Tern. [370] The first revision looked like this [371]
2008-07-10 (lea) Wikipedia:Notability (law enforcement egency) moved to Wikipedia:Notability (law enforcement agency) by Pee Tern [372]
2008-07-14 (rel texts) Wikipedia:Notability (Religious texts) created as a proposal by Xyz7890 [373]
2008-07-18 (rotm) Wikipedia:Run-of-the-mill created by Sebwite as an essay [374]
2008-07-27 (places/ngl) Sebwite moved Wikipedia:Notability (Places and transportation) to Wikipedia:Notability (Geographic locations) [375]
2008-07-27 (bldg) Wikipedia:Notability (Places of worship) moved to Wikipedia:Notability (Buildings, structures, and landmarks) by Sebwite [376]
2008-07-27 (ntran) Wikipedia:Notability (Transportation) created by Sebwite, "split into separate proposal" [377]
2008-07-28 (lea) Wikipedia:Notability (law enforcement agency) moved to Wikipedia:Notability (law enforcement agencies) by UnitedStatesian [378]
2008-07-30 (bldg) Exit2DOS2000 moved the section about parks from Wikipedia:Notability (Buildings, structures, and landmarks) to Wikipedia:Notability (Geographic locations) [379]
2008-08-02 (parties) Wikipedia:Notability (political parties) created by Doktorbuk, "transferring from my talk page" [380] The first revision looked like this [381]
2008-08-03 (natsci) Wikipedia:Notability (living things) created by Sebwite as a proposal [382]
2008-08-10 (natsci) Sebwite moved Wikipedia:Notability (living things) to Wikipedia:Notability (natural sciences) [383]
2008-08-11 (event) Wikipedia:Notability (news events) created as a proposal by Sebwite [384] The first revision looked like this [385]

See also