[WikiEN-l] Re: Wikipedia's provable anti-expertise bias (was How didthis happen (comixpedia??))

[Ray Saintonge]

Sam Korn wrote:

>On 11/15/05, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>If popular culture/Trivia are so important why does [[Hurricane
>>Katrina]] (to chose a random example) not include either word?
>>
>>Lets consdir the situation:
>>
>>The problem: This article is to big and there is no obvious split
>>Solution. Remove stuff while doing the minium posible damage to the article.
>>
>>That tends to result in the popular culture/trivia section being the
>>first to go.
>>    
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>Trivia sections should not exist for their own sake.  If there is no
>way to work the facts into the text of the article, it is likely
>enough the writer showing off that they knew something or a newbie
>thinking this is a fan site.  The details are usually irrelevant (cf.
>edit war over mention of Abraham Lincoln in [[Charles Darwin]]), and
>it improves the quality of the articles to take them out.
>
There's certainly nothing wrong with mentioning the birthday 
co-incidence in the article, but then there's no shortage of anal idiots 
who have no appreciation for the lighter side of things.

Ec