Pete/Pcb21 wrote
[*] E.g. esoteric topics about individual characters in sub-plots of Lord of the Rings are kept, whereas as articles about million dollar turnover manufacturing busineses are deleted, reflecting the (painting with a broad brush) slant towards the "nerdy student/lefty" make-up of the Wikipedia population.
Wikipedia will reflect its editors' interests, no question. I don't really accept that analysis, though. A million-dollar turnover manufacturing business is still family-sized, actually. What is more, a million dollars in one bank account looks much like a million dollars in another. It is the price of a very ordinary house in London, for example.
Charles