[WikiEN-l] Frustrated

[Bryan Derksen]

Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:44:09 -0700, Bryan Derksen
> <bryan.derksen at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Well, so what? The list's criteria are based on _absolute_ height, not
>> _relative_ height, and as long as this is pointed out explicitly in the
>> description of the list I don't see the problem. We've got a list of the
>> largest asteroids in absolute terms too.
> 
> Right, so it's only geographically, temporally and ethnically biased,
> which makes it - er, still crap :-)

It doesn't include or exclude based on geography, time period, or
ethnicity, so it's actually _un_biased on those criteria. The exclusion
based on whether one plays basketball is a bit of an odd exception to
that, I admit, but could be handled with that subarticle split I
suggested earlier.

In any event, I still don't see the problem with selective lists in
general as long as the criteria for selection is objectively described.
This is a list of people who are taller than a specific height, a clear
criteria on which to judge inclusion or exclusion. Whether the subject
is "crap" or not is a separate issue.