Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales a écrit:
Anthere wrote:
I discovered today that recipes are now legally deleted from the english wikipedia where they are not welcome any more.
I think this is wrong. A rule which says "no recipes" is really quite misguided, and I have never found the arguments against _all_ recipes to be very compelling. Some recipes, to be sure, are not compelling, and Wikipedia is not a cookbook.
But, I don't always get my way.
--Jimbo
Incidently, the most recent discussion on the topic is this proposal I made : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3ARecipes_proposal It was advertised on the pump as well.
Several supported it, and among the ones opposing it, there were both some willing to have it all removed, and some willing to have it all kept, neither of the two willing to find a middle agreement;
So, people are getting tired to discuss at all, and just finally let Gentgeen remove all recipees entirely. So, instead of one middle position, one of the those having the most extremist view got their way.
But, there is no evidence there is community support, just tired people who just give up.
So, it is grossly unfair to make a rule from automatic removal.
It is certainly a habit, but making it a rule, which allow punishement for those who do not respect it, is not correct. It is management by the bolder.