On 18/10/2007, joshua.zelinsky(a)yale.edu <joshua.zelinsky(a)yale.edu> wrote:
Pet peeve: Avoiding self-reference is a style guide,
not a content
guide. That's
why we can have articles like [[Jimbo Wales]] and [[Wikipedia]]. Heck, I think
we're getting to the point where we could legitimately write a well-sourced
article about Wikipedia Policy. And there'd be nothing wrong with that aside
from the minor detail that there are more important articles to write first.
Indeed. "Avoid self reference" is simply saying "treat us, in the
third person, as you would anyone else, and maintain proportion".
In the Good Old Days (TM), this meant "don't mention Wikipedia",
because we were some fringe trivial organisation. Now, however, the
relative significance has shifted somewhat... and mentioning Wikipedia
in articles in an appropriate manner is okay.
(Admittedly, with many of our editors, it's easier to say "don't do
it" than "do it well"...)
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk