[WikiEN-l] Notability and ski resorts (was: Newbie and not-so-newbie biting)

Charles Matthews charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
Tue Sep 22 18:00:56 UTC 2009


Surreptitiousness wrote:
> And let's not forget that if we're looking at books, we have to take 
> into account appendixes, something you have to fight to justify on 
> Wikipedia.  That list you want to split from your large FA?  Hmm, is 
> it a notable list? That list you want to include in your paper based 
> subject specific encyclopedia?  Certainly, Appendix A. I don't pretend 
> to have any answers, all I'm asking for is thought and an attempt to 
> address the actuality in front of editors rather than underhand 
> attempts to protect an entire empire of rules.  But I think on that at 
> least we agree. We both appear to want fewer rules.
>
Sadly, there are also rules about what is and isn't an appropriate use 
of an appendix, in the Chicago Manual of Style and elsewhere ...

Charles





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