Ed Poor:: I oppose deleting material from the Wikipedia, just because it fits an identifiable category. The only "fork" I've seen so far that makes sense to me is the dictionaries. There's a clear distinction between "defining a word" and "writing about a subject". But there's nothing wrong with describing the process of stirring eggs so the yolk breaks and mixes the white -- unless you're a segregationist! ;-)
Davodd: An argument could be made that since WP is not paper that even dictionary definitions are stubs for a future encyclopedic article on the subject of a word's origin, use patterns and cultural impact. Why should etymology be the only academic discipline not worthy of encyclopedic-type entries in Wikipedia?
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