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{{nutshell|Not all farts are notable.}}<br />
[[File:Conf99-99 sep-x4020a.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Gossip magazines such as ''[[Hollywood Confidential]]'' offer breathless reports about a range of celebrity body functions.]]<br />
Some Wikipedia editors<ref group=upper-alpha>You know who you are.</ref> often have a desire to put the ''latest, breaking <s>wind</s> news'' in articles. However, just because a piece of trivial information was printed in a newspaper or gossip magazine, or on a website, there is no ''requirement'' for it to be included on Wikipedia. Keep in mind: ''not every fart or burp is notable''.<br />
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Magazines such as ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' and ''[[Us Weekly]]'' print information that interests readers that week regarding [[Celebrity|celebrities']] purported dating activities, family disputes, and weight gain or loss. It's verifiable. That does not mean that Wikipedia needs to reproduce all of it. While there may be [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cigar guy|many articles in the space of a few days]] on a topic,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sports.yahoo.com/golf/blog/devil_ball_golf/post/Mystery-solved-At-last-Cigar-Guy-s-secret-iden?urn=golf-275853 |title=Mystery solved! At last, Cigar Guy's secret identity revealed! |first1=Jay |last1=Busbee |work=[[Yahoo! Sports]]|date=October 3, 2010|accessdate=July 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/golf/article-1317267/RYDER-CUP-2010-The-moment-Tiger-Woodss-challenge-Celtic-Manor-halted--photographer.html |title=Easy Tiger! The moment Woods's Ryder Cup challenge was halted... by a photographer |author=Sportsmail Reporter |work=[[Daily Mail]]|date=October 3, 2010|accessdate=July 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39685310/ns/today-today_news/t/cigar-guy-fame-fantastic-embarrassing/#.UAbsAfXddXQ |title=‘Cigar Guy’: Fame is fantastic — and embarrassing: Man behind the viral sensation pops up on the plaza and talks about the phenomenon |publisher=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]] |first1=Michael |last1=Inbar |date=October 10, 2010|accessdate=July 18, 2012}} </ref> that does not mean it is of lasting significance.<br />
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==Case studies==<br />
===The Lohan paradox===<br />
[[File:Actress Lindsay Lohan.jpg|thumb|right|Sometimes you just have to hold it in.]]<br />
Q: If [[Lindsay Lohan]] [[fart]]s [[If a tree falls in a forest|in the forest]], and a reporter is around to hear it, is it [[WP:N|notable]]? <br />
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A: No. Because not every fart is notable. However some ''may be'', depending on who or why.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paris Hilton leaves fart sound phone messages for Lindsay Lohan|url=http://www.celebitchy.com/9429/paris_hilton_leaves_fart_sound_phone_messages_for_lindsay_lohan/|publisher=CeleBitchy|date=February 15, 2008|accessdate=May 23, 2012}}</ref><br />
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===The Lohan paradox with a slice of Bieber===<br />
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Q: If Ms. Lohan [[Twitter|tweets]] about her fart in the forest, is it then notable?<br />
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A: No, and if [[Justin Bieber#YouTube and Twitter|Justin Bieber retweets about it]], it still isn't.<br />
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===The Zappa exception===<br />
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Q: If [[Frank Zappa]] farted on a record, is that notable?<br />
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A: Yes. Everything Frank Zappa did on vinyl is notable.<br />
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===The K-pop theorem ===<br />
Q: If a [[K-pop]] artist's management agency announces via a portal (secretly owned by the holding company that also owns the artist's record company) that a teaser for a video accompanying the download-only version of a possible new single for the first full [[Comeback (K-pop)|comeback]] may be released in the near future, should it be included in said K-pop artist's article?<br />
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A: No.<br />
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=== The Pimp president paradigm ===<br />
Q: If the spouse of a United States presidential candidate (who happens to be a former president) poses with three fully clothed [[pornographic film actor|pornographic actresses]], should it be included in either of their biographies?<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.yahoo.com/really-care-bill-clinton-posed-porn-stars-135811050.html |title=Do We Really Care if Bill Clinton Posed with Porn Stars? |first1=Jen |last1=Doll |publisher=The Atlantic Wire |date=May 24, 2012 |accessdate=May 24, 2012}}</ref><br />
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A: No, even though [[Pimpin' Ain't Easy|pimpin' ain't easy]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[WP:Bare notability|Bare notability]]<br />
*[[WP:Complete bollocks|Complete bollocks]]<br />
*[[WP:List of bad article ideas|List of bad article ideas]]<br />
*[[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|What Wikipedia is not]]<br />
*[[George S. Patton slapping incidents]]<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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