[WikiEN-l] Frustrated

[David Gerard]

On 18/02/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 18/02/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:

> > Plus, I am advocating replacing it with a verifiable and objective
> > list, which they can still play with, just not adding their favourite
> > basketball star.  They might have to do some research.  Something they
> > could - you know - learn from.

> [[List of people famous for being tall]] - there's your pygmies and
> ballerinas, out go your average basketballer.


For comparison, [[List of longest novels]] has interesting history,
discussion and caveats. In Search Of Lost Time is pretty much the
"conventional winner" as the longest novel anyone actually reads as a
novel, but is not first on the list at all.


- d.