[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia is not a dictionary (was: Re: Old Wikipedia backups discovered)

[David Levy]

Steve Bennett wrote:

> > In this example, the concept *is* the word, with its cultural
> > history, associations etc.

Anthony replied:

> Can you give an example of that in a traditional encyclopedia?

The English Wikipedia contains individual articles about each of the
144 "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" television episodes.  Can you give an
example of that in a traditional encyclopedia?

As implicitly acknowledged in your question, Wikipedia isn't a
traditional encyclopedia.

> And if the concept is the word, shouldn't the title of the article be
> [[the word "meh"]]?

Why?

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David Levy