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| This page in a nutshell: Notability requiressignificant coverage by reliable sources. Trivial mentions are not enough. |
Thegeneral notability guideline clearly states that sources that only contain a "trivial mention" of a topic are insufficient to establish that topic's notability.
Wikipedia articlesneed to include verifiable evidence of the topic's notability fromreliableindependent sources. The guideline states that these sources need to provide "significant coverage" of the topic, and this coverage must consist of more than a "trivial mention".
Thegeneral notability guideline states that:
The meaning ofsignificant coverage is explained:
A bullet point indicates the meaning oftrivial mention using an example: