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Usage is one of the two determiners of
a primary topic, the other being long-term significance. The guidelines define a primary topic with respect to usage as the one that is highly likely—much more likely than any other single topic, and more likely than all the other topics combined—to be the topic sought when a reader searches for that term.
There are no easy ways to reliably measure usage. However, the following may help:
Usage may be different from long-term significance, but it is still generally understood to be relevant primarily for the longer term. An article may become very popular for a short period of time because of prominent news coverage, but this popularity will likely be irrelevant for determining usage unless it has been sustained for a long time.
This is an
essay. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of
Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been
thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints. |
Usage is one of the two determiners of
a primary topic, the other being long-term significance. The guidelines define a primary topic with respect to usage as the one that is highly likely—much more likely than any other single topic, and more likely than all the other topics combined—to be the topic sought when a reader searches for that term.
There are no easy ways to reliably measure usage. However, the following may help:
Usage may be different from long-term significance, but it is still generally understood to be relevant primarily for the longer term. An article may become very popular for a short period of time because of prominent news coverage, but this popularity will likely be irrelevant for determining usage unless it has been sustained for a long time.