Timwi (timwi@gmx.net) [050529 07:23]:
Incidentally, noone has yet suggested to delete [[Time Hierarchy Theorem]], or indeed any other article, for making Wikipedia "too detailed".
The more ardent deleters have indeed put articles up for deletion for being "too detailed".
we run the risk of making the basic information inaccessible to the vast majority of the users who are only interested in the basics.
People who are only interested in the basics can still look up only the basics. It's a question of organisation, not a question of inclusion.
Yep. There's nothing wrong with subarticles of subarticles.
There is a place in the world for large amounts of detailed material, but this shouldn't be the goal of an encyclopedia.
Funny, and somehow I thought that the goal of Wikipedia is to "collect the sum of human knowledge".
Haven't you heard? Our new slogan is "Wikipedia is full. Go away." Now only *deserving* articles are kept (whatever that means); all others apparently have to make their case or be deleted in a consensus vote of three versus one.
- d.