Much of what apogr wrote is beyond me, but I was moved by this distillation of key problems:
The problems, as I see them, include a) uneven use of "scale" b) no check for completeness on a particular level
I find these to be pervasive problems, both for WP as a whole (in creating projects, defining category-sets, identifying key subject areas), for each of its subprojects (in creating article-lists, identifying goals of equal importance, covering an entire topic), and for each individual article (in balancing detail across aspects of an article, maintaining consistent perspective, and maintaining a connection with other articles at higher and lower levels of detail).
+sj+
b) it is a semi-finished colouring book with clolours of uneven intensity c) it is a number of diligent tube-sighted people caught in the process of lace-making
ps - these gems should surely go on the list of [[what wikipedia is]]...
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