On 11/14/05, dpbsmith(a)verizon.net
<dpbsmith(a)verizon.net> wrote:
And "The Encyclopedia of Chicago,"
"The Star Trek Encyclopedia," and "Oh,
Yuck: The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty" are not part of any comprehensive
encyclopedia either, nor should they be.
I only half-agree here. The single focus of these works should not be
in Wikipedia in terms of selection and treatment, but there is no
reason why many of the subjects covered in these could not be in
Wikipedia.
I agree---I don't necessarily think a million Pokemon pages are the most
useful thing on Wikipedia, but I don't see why it *hurts* anything to
have them either. I do think a lot of the reason for specialized
encyclopedias doesn't apply to Wikipedia: 1) They tend to be produced by
different, specialized companies; and 2) They have space constraints.
Wikiprojects can mimic (1) without actually forking, and (2) doesn't apply.
-Mark