On 4/17/07, John Lee <johnleemk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/17/07, Eugene van der Pijll
<eugene(a)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