It’s also rather inaccurate. One can use a primary source like the DOT for information to add to an article. It’s just that a primary source like that doesn’t contribute to general notability and importance of the subject matter. The subject needs to be shown to have relevance that has been covered in other forms than just primary sources.
Yeah, alternatives for USRoads editors were proposed such as editing on Wikidata (on which the notability criteria is basically just “you can prove online that it exists”) and having them contribute on large list articles instead of separate articles for each roads. They took none of them.
It’s also rather inaccurate. One can use a primary source like the DOT for information to add to an article. It’s just that a primary source like that doesn’t contribute to general notability and importance of the subject matter. The subject needs to be shown to have relevance that has been covered in other forms than just primary sources.
Yeah, alternatives for USRoads editors were proposed such as editing on Wikidata (on which the notability criteria is basically just “you can prove online that it exists”) and having them contribute on large list articles instead of separate articles for each roads. They took none of them.