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by TaylorAlexander 589 days ago
Does Wikipedia allow content of this type? Aka “here’s some cool stuff I found”?

Or put another way, if you’re more familiar with Wikipedia, can you describe how to think about this type of thing being done on Wikipedia? Thanks.
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philipwhiuk 589 days ago
There's no way you get past the notability / external sources gatekeeper.

This content is suitable for a wiki but not Wikipedia

(And screw Fandom).

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bonoboTP 589 days ago
There are many pages comparing (free/open-source) software on Wikipedia, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Software_comparisons

The individual entries don't always seem to be super notable. But the notability threshold is also somewhat topic dependent. In my experience in software, it's not as strict as biographies or politically charged issues. In hacker/nerd topics things seem to operate a bit more loosely.

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