On 10/24/07, Bryan Derksen
<bryan.derksen(a)shaw.ca> wrote:
It's also a defense against deletion. In my
experience a short article
on an obscure topic is more likely to go on the notability chopping
block than the exact same material embedded within a larger "List of"
article is.
Yes, but that's just restating the original thesis.
It is true, but why? And is it desirable?
Don't really know why, but it makes the causation more specific. Figure
out why so many people want to delete articles on obscure topics and
you'll know why many small articles often get amalgamated into a few
larger ones.
I don't think it's desirable; the resulting combined articles are often
rather clumsy and the individual articles remain as redirects anyhow.
I'd much rather see the articles remain separate. But until I can
somehow stop the stuff from getting deleted as standalone articles seems
like the best available option.