On 10/15/05, Anthony DiPierro wikispam@inbox.org wrote:
Is Wikipedia simply a general encyclopedia? I always thought it was more than that. I think the goal is really to include general information and specific information, and let the user navigate easily between the two. Maybe I'm wrong about this, though. It's an interesting question.
There's room for both. Since wiki is not paper (as we are so often told) there is plenty of room for general articles on general subjects, and specific articles on specific subjects. As a reader, I would probably expect (and want) to find the most general information first, and have the option of looking at specific information if I should so desire. Confronting readers with all available information at once just gets confusing.
-- Stephen Bain stephen.bain@gmail.com