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This category contains pages concerning notability – the importance or significance of an article subject, which affects the inclusion of that article in Wikipedia. Discussion of these is ongoing, and this category includes essays, proposals and rejected proposals as well as guidelines.

See Category:Wikipedia notability guidelines for notability criteria which have been adopted as guidelines.