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		grumple on May 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Deletionpedia: Rescuing articles from Wikipedia's ... Wikipedia is not limited by the number of pages that exist in a volume. A given page existing doesn't generally make it harder to find another entry. The notability criterion is more applicable to an encyclopedia limited by disc or paper space.

tptacek on May 7, 2022 [–]

Space has nothing to do with the limitation. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chesterton%27s_fence

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