Editing GearKnob Wiki:Notability

Much like Wikipedia, '''''GearKnob''''' practices a policy of notability to decide whether or not a given topic deserves an article. These are separated into tiers, with '''1''' being highest priority, and '''3''' usually being the lowest.

==Television shows==
Much of what can be included has already been mentioned on the [[Main_Page|main page]]. As a result, any television programme connected to the ''[[Top Gear]]'' intellectual property is an automatic '''Tier 1''' inclusion.

*'''Tier 2''' programmes are any other series unrelated to ''Top Gear'', but have a good majority or even entirety of their runs available for online streaming, such as ''[[Motorweek]]'', ''[[Best Motoring]]'' and ''[[Autofil]]''.
*'''Tier 3''' programmes are all other car-related series which have indeterminable or unknown runs, such as NBC Super Channel's ''[[Go (TV series)|Go]]'', Eurosport's ''[[Motors (TV series)|Motors]]'', and STV's ''[[Wheel Nuts]]''.

==Personalities==
*'''Tier 1''' personalities are hosts for highly well-known television series or people who have otherwise contributed a lot to the world of automotive journalism, such as [[Jeremy Clarkson]], [[Tiff Needell]] and [[Keiichi Tsuchiya]].
*'''Tier 2''' personalities are lead presenters for long-running television series regardless of notability and long-term lead editors on magazines, such as [[Carl-Ingemar Perstad]], [[Akihiko Nakaya]], and [[Charlie Turner]].
*'''Tier 3''' personalities are presenters who presented at least 5 episodes of a Tier 1 TV show, crew members who worked on at least 15 - 20 episodes of a Tier 1 TV show, or crew members who worked on a majority of a Tier 2 programme's run.
*'''Tier 4''' personalities do not get their own article, but are instead included on list-based articles. These include presenters who presented fewer than 5 episodes of a Tier 1 TV show or crew members who worked on fewer than 15 episodes.

==Publications==
*'''Tier 1''' publications must have some connection to either the ''[[Peformance Car Magazine|Performance Car]]'' or ''[[Top Gear Magazine|Top Gear]]'' magazine lineages. This includes ''[[Evo (magazine)|evo]]'', as well as books related to the ''[[Top Gear]]'' TV programme.
*'''Tier 2''' publications are major international magazines with a fully documentable history, such as ''[[Autocar (magazine)|Autocar]]'', ''[[Car (magazine)|Car]]'', and ''[[Best Motoring (magazine)|Best Motoring]]''.
*'''Tier 3''' publications are newspapers or books which feature the minor involvement of a Tier 1 personality, or magazines which ran for at least 2 full years.
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 *'''Tier 2''' programmes are any other series unrelated to ''Top Gear'', but have a good majority or even entirety of their runs available for online streaming, such as ''[[Motorweek]]'', ''[[Best Motoring]]'' and ''[[Autofil]]''.
 *'''Tier 3''' programmes are all other car-related series which have indeterminable or unknown runs, such as NBC Super Channel's ''[[Go (TV series)|Go]]'', Eurosport's ''[[Motors (TV series)|Motors]]'', and STV's ''[[Wheel Nuts]]''.
-===Individual episodes===
-*'''Tier 1''' episode articles are Unabridged pages for episodes of major television series which last significantly more than 30 minutes and can be indefinitely long.
-*Programmes that last significantly more than 30 minutes get a '''Tier 2''' page, which splits non-essential information such as the soundtrack, featured cars, and trivia into separate sub-articles. Should be not much more than 20,000 bytes.
-*Programmes that last up to or around the region of 30 minutes get a '''Tier 3''' page, that is to say, an Unabridged page by default, typically around 10 - 15,000 bytes in size.
 ==Personalities==
 *'''Tier 1''' personalities are hosts for highly well-known television series or people who have otherwise contributed a lot to the world of automotive journalism, such as [[Jeremy Clarkson]], [[Tiff Needell]] and [[Keiichi Tsuchiya]].
-*'''Tier 2''' personalities are major presenters for long-running television series regardless of notability and long-term lead editors on magazines, such as [[Carl-Ingemar Perstad]], [[Akihiko Nakaya]], and [[Charlie Turner]].
+*'''Tier 2''' personalities are lead presenters for long-running television series regardless of notability and long-term lead editors on magazines, such as [[Carl-Ingemar Perstad]], [[Akihiko Nakaya]], and [[Charlie Turner]].
-*'''Tier 3''' personalities are co-presenters for long-running television series regardless of notability. They should have at least 20 - 30 credits spread out over a minimum of 2 - 3 shows.
+*'''Tier 3''' personalities are presenters who presented at least 5 episodes of a Tier 1 TV show, crew members who worked on at least 15 - 20 episodes of a Tier 1 TV show, or crew members who worked on a majority of a Tier 2 programme's run.
-*'''Tier 4''' personalities are presenters who presented at least 5 episodes of a Tier 1 and/or Tier 2 TV show, crew members who worked on at least 15 - 20 episodes of a Tier 1 TV show, or crew members who worked on a majority of a Tier 2 programme's run.
+*'''Tier 4''' personalities do not get their own article, but are instead included on list-based articles. These include presenters who presented fewer than 5 episodes of a Tier 1 TV show or crew members who worked on fewer than 15 episodes.
-*'''Tier 5''' personalities do not get their own article, but are instead included on list-based articles. These include presenters who presented fewer than 5 episodes of a Tier 1 TV show or crew members who worked on fewer than 15 episodes.
 ==Publications==
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 *'''Tier 2''' publications are major international magazines with a fully documentable history, such as ''[[Autocar (magazine)|Autocar]]'', ''[[Car (magazine)|Car]]'', and ''[[Best Motoring (magazine)|Best Motoring]]''.
 *'''Tier 3''' publications are newspapers or books which feature the minor involvement of a Tier 1 personality, or magazines which ran for at least 2 full years.
-==Example pages==
-*[[Fifth Gear/The Greatest Cars in The World Special]] - Example of a Tier 3 episode page.
-*[[Tiff Needell]] - Example of a Tier 1 personality page.
-*[[Chris Goffey]] - Example of a Tier 2 personality page.
-*[[Jason Barlow]] - Example of a Tier 3 personality page.
-*[[Elisa Portelli]] - Example of a Tier 4 personality page.