Ray Saintonge wrote:
That argument is speculative and alarmist. There is
no evidence
whatsoever to support any significant loss of support would result from
having a Klingon Wikipedia.
It's not loss of support I'm worried about, it's gaining more of it.
I do agree that Klingon to be completely useless. If
it is that useless
then after a flurry of initial activity people will just ignore it, and
it can safely be allowed to die "not with a bang but a whimper." It is
unlikely that I will ever participate in the Klingon project, but I can
respect the desire of others to do so.
The problem I have with this reasoning is that it destroys the notion of
a line being drawn - Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It is *not*
Everything2 (
http://www.everything2.com). It's not one Klingon wiki that
's going to be Wikipedia's downfall - but I posit it will hurt the
project image or at best not help it, will be completely useless, and at
the end of the day provide no benefit to anyone.
There is a difference between a serious project, and
taking one's view
of the project too seriously. Your view is reminiscent of one who
guides his views by what the neighbours think. It's like being
intimidated by the old neighbourhood busybody who is always looking out
of her window to see what everyone is doing just so she can have
ammunition for her next session of hen cackling.
Hardly. Think of it more as a parent sending their kid to first day of
school, and making sure they're dressed nicely so the other kids don't
immediately find a reason to pick on them. Not a matter of intimidation
or taking something too seriously - but a matter of picking your fights.
Some years ago, a friend of mine designed a language of her own,
complete with a reasonably elaborate grammar, vocabulary, style, etc.
Stories and poems of varying length are written in it. Would creating a
Silverelven encyclopedia be alright, then, too? (If this isn't as
ludicrous to you as it is to me, then let's just agree this is a large
difference of opinion and leave the issue at that).
Wikipedia should not reduce itself to being solely a
refuge for academic
elitists.
Academic elitists? I think that's opening a whole other can of worms. An
encyclopedic effort just needs to know where to draw the line.
tojo'Qa'...
Cheers,
Ivan.