On 15/09/05, Alphax alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
Mark Gallagher wrote:
<snip> > Actually, Snowspinner provided an example of '1' to start the thread > (well, one of the threads): /Elf-Only Inn/. As a webcomics fan myself > (although I don't like or read /Elf-Only Inn/ itself), I can certainly > see his point[0]. <snip> > [0] And I'm hanging out for the time when Tycho and Gabe get their own > entries on en-WP. That would obviously be cruft, but I'd like to > hear those who want minor characters from movies to have pages to > explain *why* major characters from /Penny Arcade/ don't belong. >
It's about how much can be written on the subject of the article. Seriously, how much needs to be written about a minor (or even major) character in a movie, if they are known for nothing outside of that movie, and the portrayal of the character in the movie was unremarkable?
Does it matter? So far, the only argument advanced to say that it does is that such entries damage Wikipedia's credibility. With Wikipedia now the most popular reference website in the world, I'd say that Wikipedia no longer has any credibility issues. There may still be some whiney critics around, but no-one is listening to them, clearly!
Dan