2007/9/20, Ian Tresman: If that's really what he says, then I guess I am at the wrong project. I would like Wikipedia to be an encyclopedia, that's something else than a collection of all possible knowledge. My neighbour's phone number has no place in Wikipedia, in my opinion.

Ian Tresman wrote: I see the notability criterion as very important in order to avoid overloading volunteers (OTRS, admins, and other users) with controversies about really unimportant people, companies etc. I don't mind having articles on a gazillion Pokemons, because Pokemons don't threaten us with lawsuits. But gazillion articles on not-so-well-known individuals (artists, journalists, etc.) or companies create us difficulties. Basically, these articles are of interest only to the subject (and his friends and family) and to his enemies, creating intense battles over petty topics. It is insane, for instance, that we should expand more valuable resources on battling libel problems on, say, the article about a minor pro wrestler, than we expand on battling problems on the Islam article. Yes, contrary to paper encyclopedias, space is not counted. However, volunteer time is limited, and we should not waste it. _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list Wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l