--- Rotem Dan rotem_dan@yahoo.com wrote:
For example, I have recently added a new addition to the "What Wikipedia is Not" article, from what was criticism of the very suitability of these types of texts to wikipedia, the guideline/rule in its current form goes like this:
What Wikipedia is not
- An educational textbook. Though Wikipedia
attempts to explain many non-trivial scientific and philosophical topics, articles should not be written merely with the intention of teaching the subject, this is what book references are for.
I don't see the point of this addition and I disagree with it. The main reason people use an encyclopedia is to educate themselves, and the article writers should take that into account. A good article, in my view, is one that manages to "teach" the subject well.
Axel
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