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 But the problem with that is firstly that there would ''still be an awful lot of it'' for full pages with plot summaries and the like (even if we obviously do not grant them in-universe coverage!); and secondly, {{w|Goodhart's law}}. Within a year people would be tripping over each other to get their little thingie name-dropped in ''Vworp Vworp'' and voilà, ticket to fame.
-(Some people raised a similar argument to people getting ahold of a DWU actor to reprise their role, but I think that's different, as we'll get to in a moment: having a DWU actor in your thingie is not ''a measurement of notability'', it is ''itself'' a notable fact. People doing notable things on purpose is not the same thing as people trying to ''get noticed'' on person regardless of whether they actually did anything interesting!)
+(Some people raised a similar argument to people getting ahold of a DWU actor to reprise their role, but I think that's different, as we'll get to in a moment: having a DWU actor in your thingie is not ''a measurement of notability'', it is ''itself'' a notable fact. People doing notable things on purpose is not the same thing as people trying to ''get noticed'' on pri,ciple regardless of whether they actually did anything interesting!)
 '''We will not be implementing bespoke, individual non-covered pages for fan works on grounds of sheer "notability"/historical importance'''.