--- Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Consequently, let me repeat I think Wikipedia SHOULD be a general encyclopedia, and articles thought for rather general public, ie, avoid going in length into jargon and very detailed information.
Of course. But that is not what I meant by saying that Wikipedia is not a general encyclopedia. I have an encyclopedia about cats, for example, that anybody with a junior high school education could grasp (it includes articles on reproduction, anatomy, behavior, care, every breed, etc). It is a specialized encyclopedia that is accessible to a general audience. See my distinction?
Which is why I am not entirely happy with the idea of filling up the article on the tiger with all the information we are talking about. An article on tiger should be kept relativement simple itself.
Who is going to do that? If the biology-related info starts to overwhelm an article then that text should be summarized and a [[Biology of tigers]] article created to host the more detailed information. No need for a separate project to do that! :)
I perfectly agree for detailed semi-professional articles to stay in Wikipedia. I wrote a couple of them. However, they should be rather in separate articles, the main one staying readable for most readers. The more detailed ones being seen as "to go further".
Yes! Exactly my point (see above).
If you fill up the tiger article with very detailed information, you will flood the average reader. If the detailed information is in another article, more specialised, only the specialist will go and read it, and the casual reader will not get scared. The detailed article could be on Wikipedia or on another project, it does not matter very much, as long as the two projects are tightly linked. But all info in one article is just a bad idea. Imho.
Other than the 'other project' part, I agree with you 100%. I also apologize for being curt - the prospect of a fork caused a great deal of worry in me and I over-reacted by not watching the tone of my responses.
-- mav
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