Jake Nelson wrote:
I've seen a lot of dodging of the "what does it hurt?" question, the most I've seen is "it DOES hurt" or "it doesn't belong in an encyclopedia". The first response isn't an answer, and begs the question to be repeated. As to the second... what do you define an encyclopedia as? LKWR is the only one I've seen outline criteria (back on 10/31), 4 of which describe Wikipedia excellently, and I disagree with the other 2.
My main question is that it makes Wikipedia look ridiculous, and makes information harder to find. If I search for "Michael Jordan" and get 4,000 results consisting of every person who has ever been named "Michael Jordan", that's *much* less useful than the current state, and a bit laughable. Wikipedia is not a geneological database after all.
-Mark