Abstract Wikipedia:Notability

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On Abstract Wikipedia, notability is a test used by editors to decide whether a given topic warrants its own article.

On Abstract Wikipedia, articles are technically limited to topics with Wikidata items. Wikidata requires items to meet any of three criteria to be eligible for an item. Articles on Abstract Wikipedia must meet the second criterion to be considered notable. That criterion says "[the item] refers to an instance of a clearly identifiable conceptual or material entity that can be described using serious and publicly available references."

If a topic already has at least one article on a language Wikipedia, it is likely to warrant its own article. Reliable sources are especially needed to prove the notability of a topic if it does not yet have an article in any language. Whether a topic has an article or not creates only an assumption, not a guarantee, that it should or should not have its own abstract article.