On 11/9/05, Brown, Darin <Darin.Brown(a)enmu.edu> wrote:
There are many other issues which are completely ignored by taking a
static
view. For instance, someone noted that general articles on basic issues
are
often in a much worse shape than highly-specialised articles on obscure
topics. This has sometimes been an issue in math. It's something that
needs
to be thought about.
I see this frequently. I think it's because it's easy to write a specialised
article - the literature available to cite is small and easy to find, the
topic is small and self-contained, and it's easy to tell when you have
covered the subject adequately.
It's a lot harder to write a comprehensive, NPOV article about a general
topic. Partly because drawing general conclusions without POV is quite hard,
and generally involves much review of sources. Partly because many editors
feel inadequate to the task.
Note how it's much harder to get a general topic through FAC than a specific
topic.
-Matt (User:Morven)