On 4/17/07, John Lee johnleemk@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/17/07, Eugene van der Pijll eugene@vanderpijll.nl wrote:
Jossi Fresco schreef:
I have suggested a merge and RD into [[Suicide]].
[[Suicide]] is 40 kB; we usually suggest splitting pages of that size into subpages. I don't think merging a 14 kB article into the page is a good idea.
Eugene
Yes, this merge proposal seems like a kneejerk reaction along the lines of "We don't want it, but we don't want to look like we're censoring it either".
Well, it isn't. It's an attempt to structure an encyclopedia like an encyclopedia. Look at any encyclopedia, any one. I guarantee you they won't have an article entitled "suicide methods". For one thing, it's plural, and encyclopedia article titles are generally singular. But then what about "suicide method"? I guarantee you that isn't an article either. Is this because they are censoring information about suicide? No - most of the time they will have an article on "suicide". Is it because they are US-centric? No - look at any encyclopedia, not just American ones.
[[Suicide method(s)]] is not a good encyclopedia article title. That has nothing to do with censorship.
I think the best idea would be to cut the unencyclopedic and unsourced material. I'm q
I think that's a good start. Then I'd suggest breaking out the descriptions of individual methods onto their own page. Then I'd like to see what's left. I certainly don't like the title, no matter what it is that's left, though.
Anthony