On 15 May 2009, at 08:36, Nikola Smolenski wrote:
Wiktionary has dictionary definitions, but they
can't be expanded to
cover what encyclopedic aspects of the topic could be covered.
Commons has image galleries, but it does not have encyclopedic image
galleries. Commons galleries feature images based on their aesthetic
value, but do not offer encyclopedic information about the topic that
should be presented by the images.
In cases where there is encyclopaedic benefit and/or aspects to
having definitions and/or image galleries, then I'd expect WP:IAR to
be applied. In the vast number of cases, though, I'd be very
surprised if this was the case - e.g. nearly every
single image
gallery I've seen on Wikipedia has been for the benefit of showing
off the authors' photography skills. ;-)
(BTW, I've seen image galleries used at least semi-encyclopaedically,
e.g. at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Solar_eclipse_of_August_1,_2008 , although perhaps someone will
decide to remove them after this email...)
that was deleted. Let's say it was similar to