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[[File:Spielendes Kätzchen.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Your cat is probably not notable...]]
'''Notability points''' is a useful way of thinking of whether something is notable (and worthy of inclusion) or unnotable ([[WP:DELETE|and not worthy of inclusion]])

* Everything has a certain amount of notability, this can be put on a (rough) scale, from your cat, some really important things like [[chemistry]], [[Lenin]], the [[Earth]], the [[Sun]] etc.
* There is an inclusion threshold of ''n'' "points" where n is an arbitrary number. Let's say it's 100.
* In reality, [[Wikipedia:Notability is not a level playing field|''n'' is not a fixed value]]. Some things with only 75 points are kept, other things with 125 points are deleted. This is the [[grey area]] that everyone argues about. It sometimes seems strange that a [[reality TV]] contestant who appeared on a few TV episodes whose fame hinges on a [[sex tape]] may be deemed notable, but a Harvard professor with a [[PhD]] and 30 years teaching experience may be deemed non-notable.
* Points are cumulative, that is, if you get 25 points for X, and 35 for Y, and 45 for Z, then you get 105 points in total.
* This means that a number of individually relatively insignificant things can be notable ''in totalis''.
* Points can be received for the subject ''either'' doing something or ''having something done to it''.
* Nothing should be excluded from consideration, and this includes guidelines such as "[[WP:VICTIM]]", "[[WP:NOTINHERITED]]", where notability for being a victim of a crime or a relative of someone who is notable is downplayed; yet it can and does contribute sometimes.

{{Wikipedia essays|notability}}

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