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:‡ {{note|1}} A person's or an organization's website could contain some secondary material about itself, although this is not very common. Such material would still be [[WP:SPS|self-published]] as well as first-party/affiliated/non-independent material, and thus would still be subject to restrictions in how you can use it.{{refend}}
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==Secondary sources for notability==
Just because topics are covered in primary sources does not mean that they are notable. Information about an author from the book jacket copy of the author's own book does not demonstrate notability, for example. Secondary sources are needed to establish notability for the purposes of deciding which articles to keep. Topics that are only covered briefly or in poor quality secondary sources may not meet the [[WP:GNG|general notability guideline]].
AFDs (articles for deletion) require showing that topics meet [[WP:GNG|the general notability guideline's]] requirement that secondary sources exist. It is difficult, if not impossible, to find secondary sources for [[WP:MILL|run-of-the-mill events]] and [[breaking news]]. Once a couple of years have passed, if no true secondary sources can be found, the article is usually deleted.
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topics are covered in primary sources does not mean that they are notable. Information about an author from the book jacket copy of the author's own book does not demonstrate notability, for example. Secondary sources are needed to establish notability for the purposes of deciding which articles to keep. Topics that are only covered briefly or in poor quality secondary sources may not meet the [[WP:GNG|general notability guideline]].
AFDs (articles for deletion) require showing that topics meet [[WP:GNG|the general notability guideline's]] requirement that secondary sources exist. It is difficult, if not impossible, to find secondary sources for [[WP:MILL|run-of-the-mill events]] and [[breaking news]]. Once a couple of years have passed, if no true secondary sources can be found, the article is usually deleted.
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