On 10/17/06, Oldak Quill oldakquill@gmail.com wrote:
The episode is a source, the problem is whether we should be using primary sources like this.
That a new TV episode, once shown, almost immediately has a first summary on WP is in itself a good thing. It's a beautiful cultural process where the writable encyclopedia becomes a natural part of people's everyday lives.
As others have stated, the problems really begin when personal interpretations and observations come into play. In my opinion, unsourced trivia lists are the worst, followed by personal critique mixed with summary. That kind of material should be removed. I'm still thinking that a separate WikiTrivia might be a good idea since a lot of people seem very reluctant to delete trivia.
Some summaries are also simply poorly written, but then again, that's true for a lot of Wikipedia. To me, this does not itself justify deletion, just labeling and tagging (as well as positive tagging of good articles and revisions).