The Cunctator wrote:
(Not to
mention that 99% of all trivial subjects are not at all
interesting to the vast majority of people, like information about one
particular elementary school.)
Frankly, 99% of all subjects are not at all interesting to the vast
majority of people. That isn't a reasonable guideline for Wikipedia.
I think it's very useful in this context to distinguish between
Wikipedia.org the ongoing always-in-process website, and some future
Wikipedia 1.0, which will be reviewed (somehow) and space-constrained
(for print, at least).
It is of course true that an article on my old high school would be
undesirable clutter in a space-constrained encyclopedia. But if I
wrote one now, it wouldn't hurt anything. It would only ever been
seen by people who are interested, and it wouldn't get in the way or
bother anyone who isn't.
--Jimbo