Anthere wrote:
The big return of recipees.
. . .
And I think the network should exist. Our goal is to GIVE access to
information to readers. Not only to CREATE information. We must create
the information, organise it, categorize it, link it, and make it
accessible. Each time we delete information links from one project to
another, we may not hurt the content itself, but we reduce the
networkability (does that word exist ? If not, here it is) : we limit
access to information. We hid it.
When information exists, but can not be found easily by readers, then
we have failed. Imho. SweetLittleFluffyThing 23:59, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)
I absolutely agree with you on this, as I have on previous occasions
when this issue has come up. I just find this kind of situation
completely depressing. It manifests itself in the recipes this time,
but it's really about the broader issue that some editors have a narrow
idea about what is important. Whatever falls outside of their
definition of importance is trash. In their logical and mechanistic
world they are blind to what others find important.
I don't think that this can be solved by reasoning with them, because in
doing so we need to rely on premises that fall beyond thei view of the
world. To their credit. I believe that they are acting in what they
consider to be to the benefit of Wikipedia. I suppose that makes
dealing with them so much tougher. What it takes is for someone with
authority to tell them bluntly, "You are not respecting the honest
efforts of others. You are not considering the human values that are
just as important to success, as the intellectual ones."
There is a paradox in democratic institutions. One side, usually the
"left" has a remarkable gift for analysis and for developing
well-reasoned and ethical policies, but they are so caught up in the
world of ideas that like the communards of 1871 they forget that they
have to decide and do something about it. Their opponents on the
"right" are as remarkable for their ability to organize and get things
done; they simply lose track of what they are trying to accomplish and why.
So for as much as I believe that democratic principles should prevail, I
still see that there are times when what is needed is leadership.
Meanwhile, in case the redirect article is deleted, I
will restore it
as it was agreed last spring.
Good!