The following is a proposed Wikipedia policy, guideline, or process. The proposal may still be in development, under discussion, or in the process of gathering consensus for adoption. |
This page in a nutshell: Biology has a number of large kinds of topics |
Notability on Wikipedia is an inclusion criterion based on the encyclopedic suitability of an article topic. In additional to case-by-case notability for each member of a kind, it may be possible to establish notability for all members of a kind ( de facto notability) within certain parameters. This most often comes up when bulk-creating a large set of articles for a kind (e.g. species, human genes, protein superfamilies).
All members of a kind may be considered notable in some circumstances, and so creating pages for all members is warranted, even if those pages are currently stubs. In all cases, thought is needed. For instance, species are given as an example in the inherent notability guideline. Though this is true for formally described species, it is probably not true for those only observed from metagenomic sampling, or for most subspecies/ strains/ cultivars/ variants. For other organisms, the lines between species may not even be clear cut.
Principles that make it likely that all topics in a kind are notable are:
Even if the whole set isn't inherently notable, individual members of the set may still be under WP:GNG.
Even when all members of a kind are deemed notable, it is still necessary to consider the best structure for the information, especially of considering creation of large numbers of stubs. Options include:
The following is a proposed Wikipedia policy, guideline, or process. The proposal may still be in development, under discussion, or in the process of gathering consensus for adoption. |
This page in a nutshell: Biology has a number of large kinds of topics |
Notability on Wikipedia is an inclusion criterion based on the encyclopedic suitability of an article topic. In additional to case-by-case notability for each member of a kind, it may be possible to establish notability for all members of a kind ( de facto notability) within certain parameters. This most often comes up when bulk-creating a large set of articles for a kind (e.g. species, human genes, protein superfamilies).
All members of a kind may be considered notable in some circumstances, and so creating pages for all members is warranted, even if those pages are currently stubs. In all cases, thought is needed. For instance, species are given as an example in the inherent notability guideline. Though this is true for formally described species, it is probably not true for those only observed from metagenomic sampling, or for most subspecies/ strains/ cultivars/ variants. For other organisms, the lines between species may not even be clear cut.
Principles that make it likely that all topics in a kind are notable are:
Even if the whole set isn't inherently notable, individual members of the set may still be under WP:GNG.
Even when all members of a kind are deemed notable, it is still necessary to consider the best structure for the information, especially of considering creation of large numbers of stubs. Options include: