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Dr Johannes Maas has been added to the Springfield article several times in a separate section for prominent residents. There are a few issues with adding him, all of which need to resolved if his name is going to remain in the article. First, there is no precedent in Wikipedia to distinguish prominent from notable people. There does not need to be a separate section for prominent residents, as the distinction is not significant and there would then be all sorts of issues as to which one a person is. Second, it is not clear that Maas is either prominent or notable. A good minimal test of notability is whether the person has an article in Wikipedia. It does not prove that someone is notable, but the lack of an article is a sign that the person probably is not. Finally, there is no source to back up his presence on the page. --Beirne (talk) 15:43, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
This answers none of my three points. Wikipedia does not count as a source for itself, and the fact that he is on a list on another page does not make him notable. What is needed is secondary source that shows him to be notable. --Beirne (talk) 16:44, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
This discussion was deleted, with the comment "Useless to reply to a closed mind". I restored it so that the basis for removing Dr. Maas is clear. All that is needed to have him in the article is to prove his notability. See WP:BIO for more details on how to do this. --Beirne (talk) 04:38, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You also need to prove that he lived here, of course. Nyttend (talk) 14:42, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, good point. I was getting at that in my initial statement but should have repeated it in my last one. --Beirne (talk) 14:46, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, just wanting to make sure that we didn't forget it :-) Nyttend (talk) 14:52, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
