WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.179 Welcome back to the Deep Dive. We have a profoundly 00:00:04.179 --> 00:00:07.059 unusual stack of sources to go through today. 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:09.419 Yeah, highly unusual. And when I say stack, I 00:00:09.419 --> 00:00:12.039 mean we are really just looking at a single, 00:00:12.199 --> 00:00:14.900 highly specific digital artifact. Right, just 00:00:14.900 --> 00:00:17.980 one page. Exactly. The mission today for us is 00:00:17.980 --> 00:00:20.559 to take this seemingly mundane document, it's 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:22.920 a literal digital eviction notice from Wikipedia, 00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:26.600 and use it to explore the hidden and frankly 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:30.519 often messy backstage area of how human knowledge 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:33.759 is categorized, guarded, and sometimes, well, 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:36.399 destroyed. It's a brilliant starting point, I 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:38.479 think, because we usually only ever consume the 00:00:38.479 --> 00:00:40.600 finished product of an encyclopedia. Yeah, polished 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:43.020 version. Exactly. You see the clean formatted 00:00:43.020 --> 00:00:45.320 pages. Yeah. But the source text we have today 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:47.700 is the raw machinery. It's this snapshot of the 00:00:47.700 --> 00:00:50.280 exact moment a piece of information is being 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:53.600 weighed on the scales and, well, found wanting. 00:00:53.719 --> 00:00:56.700 Found very wanting in this case. Let's just jump 00:00:56.700 --> 00:00:58.439 right into the text because it reads like a cross 00:00:58.439 --> 00:01:00.219 between a bureaucratic form and a quarantine 00:01:00.219 --> 00:01:02.399 warning. It really does. The very top of the 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:05.299 page literally declares, and I quote, this page 00:01:05.299 --> 00:01:08.540 is a candidate for speedy deletion. Speedy deletion. 00:01:08.540 --> 00:01:11.180 Not just a review, not a committee hearing, a 00:01:11.180 --> 00:01:14.739 fast -tracked execution. And the page they are 00:01:14.739 --> 00:01:18.280 targeting is this bizarre Frankenstein's monster 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:21.420 of metadata. That combination of metadata is 00:01:21.420 --> 00:01:24.700 what initially stands out so much. The text shows 00:01:24.700 --> 00:01:27.920 this page was trying to group together three 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:30.239 completely disparate categories. Which are just 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:32.819 wild to see together. Right. First, pages with 00:01:32.819 --> 00:01:35.959 complete short descriptions. Then, WikiProject 00:01:35.959 --> 00:01:38.939 ice hockey articles. And finally, articles with 00:01:38.939 --> 00:01:41.640 audio microformats. Okay, I want to pause right 00:01:41.640 --> 00:01:43.439 there because for you listening, that list might 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:45.909 just sound like technical word salad. It does. 00:01:46.069 --> 00:01:47.730 Let's break down what this page was actually 00:01:47.730 --> 00:01:50.250 trying to hold. So pages with complete short 00:01:50.250 --> 00:01:52.310 descriptions make sense. That's just a backend 00:01:52.310 --> 00:01:54.510 tag for articles that have a brief summary, right? 00:01:54.629 --> 00:01:57.109 Correct. It is just a basic organizational tool, 00:01:57.230 --> 00:01:59.549 but then it throws in WikiProject ice hockey 00:01:59.549 --> 00:02:01.829 articles, which is a very specific community 00:02:01.829 --> 00:02:04.530 hub for editors working on hockey history. And 00:02:04.530 --> 00:02:07.790 finally, articles with audio microformats. Which 00:02:07.790 --> 00:02:10.479 sounds incredibly niche. It is purely technical 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:13.879 jargon for a specific type of HTML code used 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:16.219 to embed audio files. So it's the equivalent 00:02:16.219 --> 00:02:18.939 of opening a filing cabinet and finding a folder 00:02:18.939 --> 00:02:21.379 labeled, I don't know, things that are blue, 00:02:21.539 --> 00:02:24.879 the 1994 tax code and MP3 files. Yes. It makes 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:27.360 absolutely no logical sense to group these things 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:30.039 together. Which is precisely why the digital 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:32.539 immune system kicked in. Ah, I like that. Digital 00:02:32.539 --> 00:02:34.979 immune system. The document we're analyzing is 00:02:34.979 --> 00:02:37.400 the automated response to that illogical grouping. 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:40.099 And it notes that the addition was made on the 00:02:40.099 --> 00:02:43.900 16th of September, 2024. Right. And the text 00:02:43.900 --> 00:02:46.139 gives us the official reason for the deletion 00:02:46.139 --> 00:02:49.199 block. It says, reason, empty page or deleted 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:52.259 template with no corresponding talk page. Now, 00:02:52.340 --> 00:02:53.900 I want to push back on this a little bit because 00:02:53.900 --> 00:02:56.580 it sounds incredibly harsh to me. You have an 00:02:56.580 --> 00:02:58.599 empty page. Maybe someone was just setting up 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:01.620 a workspace. Why is the immediate reaction to 00:03:01.620 --> 00:03:03.580 just burn it down? Well, to understand that, 00:03:03.639 --> 00:03:05.319 you have to look at the second half of that reason. 00:03:05.770 --> 00:03:08.110 The part that says with no corresponding talk 00:03:08.110 --> 00:03:11.830 page. Okay. The talk page. Yeah. The talk page 00:03:11.830 --> 00:03:14.610 is the invisible engine of this entire platform. 00:03:14.949 --> 00:03:18.409 It is the backstage room where editors argue, 00:03:18.530 --> 00:03:21.830 justify, and document why a page should actually 00:03:21.830 --> 00:03:24.750 exist. So if you create a weird empty template 00:03:24.750 --> 00:03:27.629 and you don't leave a note on the talk page explaining 00:03:27.629 --> 00:03:29.490 what you're trying to build. The administrators 00:03:29.490 --> 00:03:32.250 just assume it's garbage. Wow. No benefit of 00:03:32.250 --> 00:03:34.430 the doubt. They can't afford to give it. The 00:03:34.430 --> 00:03:36.770 scale of information being uploaded every single 00:03:36.770 --> 00:03:39.810 second means there's just no time to hunt down 00:03:39.810 --> 00:03:42.349 the creator and ask for their intentions. If 00:03:42.349 --> 00:03:44.110 the workspace is empty and the blueprint the 00:03:44.110 --> 00:03:46.409 talk page is missing, it gets swept up in the 00:03:46.409 --> 00:03:48.569 garbage collection. That brings us to the actual 00:03:48.569 --> 00:03:52.150 creator of this digital anomaly. The text names 00:03:52.150 --> 00:03:54.629 the culprit. It says, this page was created by 00:03:54.629 --> 00:03:57.539 user .wikipedia123. A name that just screams 00:03:57.539 --> 00:03:59.599 throwaway account. Yeah, or someone just testing 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:01.580 the system. Exactly. But here's the wrinkle in 00:04:01.580 --> 00:04:03.599 the text that I find super fascinating. The very 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:06.479 next line says, the page has been edited by multiple 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:09.240 users. Right. So Wikipedia 1 -2 -3 builds this 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:11.800 empty, confusing room, and then other people 00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:13.699 actually walk in and start moving the furniture 00:04:13.699 --> 00:04:16.180 around. Well, that points to the automated nature 00:04:16.180 --> 00:04:19.600 of modern digital archiving. Those quote -unquote 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:24.639 multiple users were likely bots. Ah, bots. Not 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:27.180 real people. Right. You have automated scripts 00:04:27.180 --> 00:04:29.560 constantly crawling through the encyclopedia, 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:32.420 adding tags, fixing formatting, categorizing 00:04:32.420 --> 00:04:36.019 new pages. So Wikipedia 123 drops this empty 00:04:36.019 --> 00:04:39.480 template and the bots immediately swarm it. Adding 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:42.040 categories like category .articles with short 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:44.500 description. Exactly. It's like a digital assembly 00:04:44.500 --> 00:04:47.019 line where the machines don't even realize the 00:04:47.019 --> 00:04:49.300 product they're working on is completely broken. 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:51.439 They're just doing their specific job. You just 00:04:51.439 --> 00:04:53.519 keep stamping it with approval tags until a human 00:04:53.519 --> 00:04:56.279 administrator finally hits the big red stop button. 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:58.399 And that stop button comes with a very rigid 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:01.610 set of appeals. The text... outlines the instructions 00:05:01.610 --> 00:05:04.810 for the creator, and it is honestly a masterclass 00:05:04.810 --> 00:05:07.230 in bureaucratic logic. It really is. It says, 00:05:07.269 --> 00:05:09.290 if you disagree with this deletion, please explain 00:05:09.290 --> 00:05:12.529 why on the talk page. Again, pushing the burden 00:05:12.529 --> 00:05:14.930 of proof entirely onto the user. But then it 00:05:14.930 --> 00:05:18.269 adds this crucial caveat. It says, if this page 00:05:18.269 --> 00:05:20.629 does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion, 00:05:20.629 --> 00:05:23.670 or you intend to fix it, please remove this notice. 00:05:23.750 --> 00:05:26.170 But do not remove this notice from pages that 00:05:26.170 --> 00:05:29.100 you have created yourself. I love that rule so 00:05:29.100 --> 00:05:32.480 much. It is such a stark reflection of human 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:35.160 nature. You can defend your page on the talk 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:37.819 page, but you cannot be the judge in your own 00:05:37.819 --> 00:05:40.220 trial. No, you can't. You are strictly forbidden 00:05:40.220 --> 00:05:43.000 from ripping the eviction notice off your own 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:45.180 front door. It addresses the inherent conflict 00:05:45.180 --> 00:05:48.240 of interest. I mean, if users could simply delete 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:51.000 the speedy deletion notices on their own vanity 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:53.839 projects, the entire system of moderation would 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:56.079 just... collapse overnight. Yeah, total chaos. 00:05:56.379 --> 00:05:59.259 The text is forcing a peer review. A third party 00:05:59.259 --> 00:06:01.540 has to look at your argument and agree that the 00:06:01.540 --> 00:06:03.600 notice should actually be removed. For you listening, 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:05.839 think about how different the rest of the internet 00:06:05.839 --> 00:06:07.939 is from this model. It's completely backward 00:06:07.939 --> 00:06:10.899 from social media. Right. On most social platforms, 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:13.740 you are the absolute dictator of your own profile. 00:06:13.980 --> 00:06:15.879 You post what you want, you delete the comments 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:18.860 you don't like. But this text reveals a completely 00:06:18.860 --> 00:06:22.060 different ecosystem. It is a shared reality governed 00:06:22.060 --> 00:06:25.300 by intense, almost aggressive peer consensus. 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:27.879 Aggressive is definitely the right word. Look 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:30.019 at the final bolded command in the first section 00:06:30.019 --> 00:06:31.839 of our source text. It says, administrators, 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:34.879 delete this page. Yeah, that's not a request. 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:37.839 It is an imperative order. There is no. Please 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:40.120 consider. The system has flagged the anomaly, 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:43.439 the community has been warned, and the executioners 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:45.889 are called to the block. Let's dig into the actual 00:06:45.889 --> 00:06:48.250 laws being violated here because the document 00:06:48.250 --> 00:06:50.790 explicitly cites the speedy deletion criteria. 00:06:51.170 --> 00:06:53.550 And these criteria are really the foundational 00:06:53.550 --> 00:06:56.250 pillars of how we define truth and relevance 00:06:56.250 --> 00:06:58.449 online today. They absolutely are. The first 00:06:58.449 --> 00:07:01.129 one listed is A2, no reliable sources. And the 00:07:01.129 --> 00:07:04.350 text expands on A2 by stating the page has no 00:07:04.350 --> 00:07:07.129 reliable sources and appears to be a hoax, self 00:07:07.129 --> 00:07:09.170 -promotional, or otherwise falls outside of the 00:07:09.170 --> 00:07:11.329 scope of Wikipedia. I want to play devil's advocate 00:07:11.329 --> 00:07:14.949 again here. Outside the scope. is a massive catch 00:07:14.949 --> 00:07:17.829 -all phrase. It is very broad. Who decides the 00:07:17.829 --> 00:07:20.370 scope? If I want to document the history of my 00:07:20.370 --> 00:07:22.649 local neighborhood book club and I create a page 00:07:22.649 --> 00:07:25.350 for it, I might view that as vital human knowledge. 00:07:25.509 --> 00:07:29.350 But under A2, it gets nuked. Doesn't that risk 00:07:29.350 --> 00:07:32.269 turning the encyclopedia into a very elitist, 00:07:32.269 --> 00:07:34.970 gated community? It is a totally valid concern. 00:07:35.110 --> 00:07:37.529 But consider the alternative that the text is 00:07:37.529 --> 00:07:39.810 actively trying to prevent. Yeah. The internet 00:07:39.810 --> 00:07:42.579 is naturally a hoarding environment. Sure. Without 00:07:42.579 --> 00:07:45.060 the A2 criteria acting as a ruthless bouncer, 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:47.560 the platform would instantly fill up with the 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:50.600 other things listed in that exact sentence, hoaxes 00:07:50.600 --> 00:07:53.199 and self -promotion. Right. The text explicitly 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:55.639 calls out self -promotional. If you allow pages 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:58.279 without reliable third -party sources, every 00:07:58.279 --> 00:08:00.560 business, every aspiring influencer, and every 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:03.120 scam artist would use the encyclopedia as a free 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:04.980 billboard. If they already try to do. Exactly. 00:08:05.220 --> 00:08:07.839 The requirement for reliable sources means you 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:09.980 cannot be the sole author of your own reality. 00:08:10.490 --> 00:08:13.029 Someone else, a journalist, an academic, an established 00:08:13.029 --> 00:08:16.089 author, must have observed and documented your 00:08:16.089 --> 00:08:18.750 existence first. That is a really profound way 00:08:18.750 --> 00:08:20.610 to look at it. You cannot write yourself into 00:08:20.610 --> 00:08:23.110 existence. You really can't. Which bleeds perfectly 00:08:23.110 --> 00:08:25.449 into the second charge on this eviction notice, 00:08:25.769 --> 00:08:29.769 A3, no significant coverage. The document defines 00:08:29.769 --> 00:08:32.990 A3 as the page does not have enough significant 00:08:32.990 --> 00:08:35.970 coverage and reliable sources to support an article. 00:08:36.460 --> 00:08:38.759 This feels like the most subjective rule of all 00:08:38.759 --> 00:08:41.840 to me. What is significant? I mean, if a local 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:43.960 newspaper writes a two -sentence blurb about 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:46.600 my book club, is that significant? Well, the 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:48.820 text actually provides a map to answer that exact 00:08:48.820 --> 00:08:50.860 question. At the very bottom of the document, 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:53.659 under the See Also section, there are links to 00:08:53.659 --> 00:08:56.419 specific policy pages. Oh, right, the reference 00:08:56.419 --> 00:08:59.320 links. Yeah. It lists Wikipedia deletion policy. 00:08:59.899 --> 00:09:02.440 Wikipedia, Triteria for Speedy Deletion, and 00:09:02.440 --> 00:09:05.980 then two highly specific links, Wikipedia Notability 00:09:05.980 --> 00:09:09.220 People and Wikipedia Notability Organizations. 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:11.840 Those last two are the heavy hitters, the concept 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:14.899 of notability. The very existence of those separate 00:09:14.899 --> 00:09:17.840 notability guidelines proves that significant 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:20.720 coverage isn't just a vague feeling. It is the 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:23.519 meticulously debated legal framework. So it's 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:26.600 mathematical almost. To survive a speedy deletion, 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:30.149 you have to pass the notability test. A single 00:09:30.149 --> 00:09:32.990 two sentence blurb in a local paper would fail 00:09:32.990 --> 00:09:34.970 the test for an organization because it doesn't 00:09:34.970 --> 00:09:37.570 represent deep, sustained coverage. So for you 00:09:37.570 --> 00:09:39.669 listening, if you ever wonder why your favorite 00:09:39.669 --> 00:09:42.009 niche indie band doesn't have a page, but some 00:09:42.009 --> 00:09:45.509 one hit wonder from 1985 has a massive detailed 00:09:45.509 --> 00:09:48.990 biography, it all comes down to A3. Yes, A3 is 00:09:48.990 --> 00:09:52.029 the filter. The 1985 band had magazine articles, 00:09:52.309 --> 00:09:55.070 television interviews and chart data. They had 00:09:55.070 --> 00:09:57.570 significant coverage in an era of traditional 00:09:57.570 --> 00:10:00.539 media. But the modern indie band might have a 00:10:00.539 --> 00:10:03.779 million streams. But if no reliable third party 00:10:03.779 --> 00:10:06.100 journalist has written a feature on them, they 00:10:06.100 --> 00:10:09.299 get the A3 speedy deletion tag. It creates a 00:10:09.299 --> 00:10:11.460 really fascinating friction between popularity 00:10:11.460 --> 00:10:14.539 and notability. The text we are analyzing doesn't 00:10:14.539 --> 00:10:18.139 care how popular user Wikipedia123's age was. 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:20.379 No. It doesn't care that multiple bots or users 00:10:20.379 --> 00:10:23.100 interacted with it. It only cares about verifiable 00:10:23.100 --> 00:10:25.820 external proof of significance. And if you don't 00:10:25.820 --> 00:10:27.860 have that proof, the system offers you a very 00:10:27.860 --> 00:10:29.799 stark interface. There's a line in the text that 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:31.820 just reads, click here to contest this speedy 00:10:31.820 --> 00:10:34.659 deletion. That single button is the digital equivalent 00:10:34.659 --> 00:10:37.159 of standing up in court. Yeah. If you click it, 00:10:37.220 --> 00:10:39.980 you aren't just saying, I disagree. You are opening 00:10:39.980 --> 00:10:42.789 a formal case. You will have to go to the talk 00:10:42.789 --> 00:10:45.929 page, cite your reliable sources, prove your 00:10:45.929 --> 00:10:48.389 significant coverage, and argue against the A2 00:10:48.389 --> 00:10:50.710 and A3 charges in front of the volunteer administrators. 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:53.899 Which brings us back to the sheer scale of this 00:10:53.899 --> 00:10:57.419 operation. The text repeatedly addresses these 00:10:57.419 --> 00:11:00.820 administrators, and we picture this faceless, 00:11:00.899 --> 00:11:03.840 monolithic authority. Sure, like a tech corporation. 00:11:04.139 --> 00:11:06.860 But in reality, these are just volunteer editors 00:11:06.860 --> 00:11:10.500 who have been granted extra buttons on their 00:11:10.500 --> 00:11:13.159 keyboard. They are the ones reading these A2 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:16.440 and A3 reports every single minute of every single 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:18.879 day. The document we are studying is ultimately 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:21.690 a tool for those volunteers. It is a standardized 00:11:21.690 --> 00:11:24.629 form designed to completely remove emotion from 00:11:24.629 --> 00:11:27.070 the equation. It's very sterile. By categorizing 00:11:27.070 --> 00:11:30.389 the deletion under codes like A2 and A3, it prevents 00:11:30.389 --> 00:11:32.389 arguments from devolving into personal attacks. 00:11:32.690 --> 00:11:35.370 It's not that the administrator hates WikiProject 00:11:35.370 --> 00:11:38.389 ice hockey articles or audio microformats. It's 00:11:38.389 --> 00:11:40.690 simply that the page failed the mathematical 00:11:40.690 --> 00:11:43.789 equation of notability. Let's look at the totality 00:11:43.789 --> 00:11:46.509 of what this single page represents. We started 00:11:46.509 --> 00:11:49.190 with a mess of tags, short descriptions, audio 00:11:49.190 --> 00:11:51.769 formats, and hockey projects created by a user 00:11:51.769 --> 00:11:56.049 named Wikipedia123 on September 16th, 2024. A 00:11:56.049 --> 00:11:58.309 very weird digital footprint. And through the 00:11:58.309 --> 00:12:00.710 lens of this one speedy deletion notice, we've 00:12:00.710 --> 00:12:03.370 basically uncovered the entire philosophical 00:12:03.370 --> 00:12:06.230 immune system of human knowledge on the internet. 00:12:06.450 --> 00:12:09.389 It highlights a necessary paradox, I think. To 00:12:09.389 --> 00:12:12.289 build the most open, democratic repository of 00:12:12.289 --> 00:12:14.710 information in human history, you have to simultaneously 00:12:14.710 --> 00:12:17.370 build one of the most ruthless, heavily policed 00:12:17.370 --> 00:12:20.110 bureaucracies to protect it from itself. The 00:12:20.110 --> 00:12:22.490 digital graveyard is infinitely larger than the 00:12:22.490 --> 00:12:24.809 digital library. Without a doubt. For every clean, 00:12:24.950 --> 00:12:27.190 well -sourced article you read, there are thousands 00:12:27.190 --> 00:12:29.529 of these speedy deletion notices quietly sweeping 00:12:29.529 --> 00:12:32.309 away the empty templates, the hoaxes, and the 00:12:32.309 --> 00:12:34.409 self -promotional vanity projects. And that is 00:12:34.409 --> 00:12:37.309 a feature, not a bug. Yeah. If user Wikipedia123 00:12:37.309 --> 00:12:39.629 could permanently leave empty, confusing pages 00:12:39.629 --> 00:12:41.990 cluttered with random audio and hockey tags, 00:12:42.250 --> 00:12:44.879 the platform would quickly become unusable. It 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:46.840 would just be trash. The strict enforcement of 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:49.200 A2 and A3 is what allows you to actually trust 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:51.940 the information you do find. It is a constant 00:12:51.940 --> 00:12:55.000 battle against digital entropy. The natural state 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:58.919 of the Internet is chaos and noise. This document, 00:12:59.139 --> 00:13:02.059 this cold bureaucratic eviction notice, is the 00:13:02.059 --> 00:13:05.059 tool used to carve order out of that noise. I 00:13:05.059 --> 00:13:07.100 would actually argue that examining this deletion 00:13:07.100 --> 00:13:09.179 notice teaches us more about digital literacy 00:13:09.179 --> 00:13:11.919 than reading 100 perfectly crafted articles. 00:13:12.019 --> 00:13:14.059 Yeah. It shows us exactly where the boundaries 00:13:14.059 --> 00:13:16.379 of accepted reality are drawn. I want to leave 00:13:16.379 --> 00:13:19.139 you all with a final thought to mull over. We've 00:13:19.139 --> 00:13:21.460 spent this time analyzing how a digital system 00:13:21.460 --> 00:13:24.100 defines what is notable and what deserves to 00:13:24.100 --> 00:13:27.539 be deleted. The criteria demand reliable sources 00:13:27.539 --> 00:13:30.639 and significant external coverage. But imagine 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:33.940 applying that exact same A2 and A3 criteria to 00:13:33.940 --> 00:13:36.820 your own life. If a volunteer administrator looked 00:13:36.820 --> 00:13:39.200 at your daily routines, your private projects, 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:42.019 and your personal milestones, would you have 00:13:42.019 --> 00:13:45.500 the reliable third -party sources to prove your 00:13:45.500 --> 00:13:48.299 own existence to the machine? Or would the vast 00:13:48.299 --> 00:13:50.559 majority of human experience, simply because 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:53.679 it lacks significant media coverage, be flagged 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:56.419 as an empty template slated for speedy deletion 00:13:56.419 --> 00:13:58.779 in the historical record? That is a terrifyingly 00:13:58.779 --> 00:14:00.720 good question. Keep diving deep and we'll catch 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:01.220 you next time.