--- Anthere <anthere9(a)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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