--- tarquin tarquin@planetunreal.com wrote:
Rotem Dan wrote:
With all the respect for wikipedia's founders,
please
do not allow these tribute pages on wikipedia.
You-state-yourself-that-wikipedia-is-an-encyclopedia-,not
an-"Ideapedia"-or-tribute-shrine-for-your-beloved-favorite-
philosopher. (Again apologizing for the trolling attitude)
It isn't a tribute, AFAIK. Larry put a large quantity of what are, basically, lecture notes on Wikipedia to kick-start the philosophy area. It says *somewhere* that anyone should feel free to kick these into shape! If you feel you can rewrite them - do!
I am not a philosopher. I'm arguing that these texts are inappropriate for an encyclopedia that tries to be universal. Another example would be putting AxelBoldt's comparison of "US vs Germany", with a comment like "I know this is biased, and sucks overall and reflects the opinions of one person, so be bold and add your own opinion and rewrite this!" (I don't mean to say Axel's comparison sucks, it is actually quite interesting, I've read the whole thing..)
It's like constructing the basis of a round building, and saying: "I know this is what I could do so be bold an build over this..". What If another person wants a square building or triangular building? or maybe they want a small house and maybe there's a peculiar person who wants to make this a bridge?
Think about it..
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