Wikipedia talk:Notability (ELIT)

Wikipedia talk:Notability (ELIT)

Rename ELIT -> Electronic Literature: new section

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:[[Self-publication]] and/or publication by a [[vanity press]] do not correlate with notability. Exceptions do exist, such as [[Robert Gunther]]'s ''Early Science in Oxford'' and [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s ''Tamerlane'', but both of these books would be considered notable by virtue (for instance) of criterion 1.
:[[Self-publication]] and/or publication by a [[vanity press]] do not correlate with notability. Exceptions do exist, such as [[Robert Gunther]]'s ''Early Science in Oxford'' and [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s ''Tamerlane'', but both of these books would be considered notable by virtue (for instance) of criterion 1.
:Many vanity press books are assigned ISBN numbers, may be listed in a national library, may be found through a [[Google Books]] search, and may be sold at large online book retailers. None of these things is evidence of notability." [[User:LoveElectronicLiterature|LoveElectronicLiterature]] ([[User talk:LoveElectronicLiterature|talk]]) 15:20, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
:Many vanity press books are assigned ISBN numbers, may be listed in a national library, may be found through a [[Google Books]] search, and may be sold at large online book retailers. None of these things is evidence of notability." [[User:LoveElectronicLiterature|LoveElectronicLiterature]] ([[User talk:LoveElectronicLiterature|talk]]) 15:20, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

== Rename ELIT -> Electronic Literature ==

This would be more descriptive and avoid the user being required to click on the link to understand what the page is about.
Wanted to ask before I did it myself
[[User:JuxtaposedJacob|JuxtaposedJacob]] ([[User talk:JuxtaposedJacob|talk]]) | :) | he/him | 04:17, 23 April 2026 (UTC)