Could we please have a warning in big red letters or something to alert editors to the fact that this is not, in fact, a real Wikipedia guideline or policy? We have an infobox at the top, but that doesn't seem to have any effect. This "rule" (and its predecessor essay by Roy Smith) get tossed around at AFD as if they were an actual rule that people are required to follow, even though strictly following this rule would go against multiple notability guidelines. Just today I had an editor throw this "rule" at me to explain why my Keep vote at an AfD was "invalid", because I had only supplied one source. Yes, I know, childish editors will be childish, and that's not anyone else's responsibility, but this "rule" has created all sorts of issues at AfD. Hyperion35 (talk) 19:21, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
While I don't know what the AfD was about, but one reference is not sufficient to establish notability. The requirement for multiple independent sources is not established in this essay. it is established at WP:GNG. This page just gives a more in-depth discussion about the requirement for multiple sources. Banana Republic (talk) 02:38, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
