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Significance is in the eye of the beholder. Some people think this speck is pretty significant. Others may view it as a minor point of a much more significant topic. They are both wrong. The question is: Is it notable and can it be verified?

Sometimes when confronted with "trivial details" it may be tempting to just say, "well that's just insignificant." What is insignificant to some may be extremely significant to others.

That debate misses the point entirely. What is important is notability and verifiability.

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Inclusion	Alternative outlets · Articles with a single source · Bare notability · Bombardment · Clones · Coatrack · Discriminate vs indiscriminate information · Existence ≠ Notability · Google searches and numbers · Inclusion is not an indicator of notability · Independent sources · Inherent notability · Insignificant · Linkrot · Masking the lack of notability · Make stubs · No amount of editing can overcome a lack of notability · No one cares about your garage band · No one really cares · Notability/Historical/Arguments · Notability means impact · Notability sub-pages · Obscurity ≠ Lack of notability · Offline sources · Other stuff exists · Pokémon test · Run-of-the-mill · Third-party sources · What notability is not · Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause

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