[WikiEN-l] We aren't here to write an encyclopaedia, are we?

[David Gerard]

>I think your approach is the right one.  For things like "List of ethnic
>slurs" the only approach I've ever seen to turn them into good articles
>is to get positively hardcore about cites.  Ask around for help, a lot
>of good editors will back you up.
>[[Inherently funny words]] used to be nonsense, but now it is (usually)
>a quite interesting and quirky article, because it has sources.


[[List of movies considered the worst ever]] also has hardcore
citation requirements, just to keep the thing NPOV and sane. I try
similar at [[List of longest novels]], but some idjit keeps removing
the citations and imposing an arbitrary cutoff point.


- d.