It is unfortunately not a consensus at all; which explain it is not in policy pages. If you find it in policy pages, then that is a non consensual policy. This case is rather the perfect example of a "bullying" process from one side :-) It might be pointed to newer Wikipedians as an example of what "not to do".
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Since I am at it, advertisement time... I invite you to consult the page I maintain on the french wikipedia :
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recettes_du_mois
Careful, that is a special page in Wikipedia space, where we are a bit pov and citing authors as well :-)
I consider it a bit like a barn raising page ;-)
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Daniel P.B.Smith a écrit:
NOT a rhetorical question.
I've been very puzzled by an apparent consensus or policy--one with which I obviously do not agree--that recipes in particular, and didactic or "how-to" articles in general, do not belong in Wikipedia. I can give cogent-to-me reasons for not agreeing with this. But I don't want to discuss that now.
Here's what I want to know. Is this an example of a difficult, carefully-threshed-out consensus that newer Wikipedians, having not participated in that consensus, may be unaware of?
(And if so why isn't it documented on any of the policy pages I've been able to find?)
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