[WikiEN-l] What makes a good article?

[Gwern Branwen]

"T P" <t0m0p0 at gmail.com> writes:
....
> I'm not sure this is the same issue, but I had an argument with 
someone who
> wanted to include some loosely related material because it 
"related [the
> subject] to people's lives".  Frankly I don't think we need to 
"sell" a
> topic to the audience.  People look up articles in an 
encyclopedia because
> they are already interested in the subject, it's not like a 
magazine where
> you come across the topic randomly.
>
> Adam

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