On 26/06/07, Adrian aldebaer@googlemail.com wrote:
The Cunctator schrieb:
You have confirmed my fears that the result of this proposal would be to grossly reduce the utility of Wikipedia's entries by merging and cutting them.
Hm.. the actual aim of the proposal is to improve usability by improving the organisation and clarifying the guidelines for arrangement of existing material, and to counter unnecessary fragmentation that currently (as perceived by me, at least) impedes usability both for readers and for editors. In your opinion, is the deletionist/destructive effect you expect unavoidable, or could the proposal be adjusted to serve its intended purpose while at the same time avoiding overtly strict rulings wrt notability?
Any time you read the word "notability", read it as "excuse to delete." Because that's how the term originated in its usage as Wikipedia jargon. That's all it means.
- d.