Anthere wrote:
Hi Gérard.
I disagree with you on one point.
You say "The fact that dictionary information has no place in Wikipedia is also an established and respected fact."
It is not as true as you seem to imply. It is roughly what is done, but it is not so widely established. I think this might be a very cultural issue :-) The french wikipedia long hesitated, and I would say some users still consider the encyclopedia and the dictionary content may be available in one common place. I have personnaly no problem with an encyclopedic article containing some dictionary content, and when I see some I certainly do not remove it. However, I recognise that some dictionary articles have no encyclopedic content, so are not so welcome in the encyclopedia. Hence, it is best that there is a dictionnary :-)
Maybe I should have said, on nl:wikipedia it is accepted that dictionary content has no place. On nl:wikipedia it is a reason to remove stuff.
Thanks, GerardM
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Gerard Meijssen a écrit:
Anthere wrote:
Hi Gérard.
I disagree with you on one point.
You say "The fact that dictionary information has no place in Wikipedia is also an established and respected fact."
It is not as true as you seem to imply. It is roughly what is done, but it is not so widely established. I think this might be a very cultural issue :-) The french wikipedia long hesitated, and I would say some users still consider the encyclopedia and the dictionary content may be available in one common place. I have personnaly no problem with an encyclopedic article containing some dictionary content, and when I see some I certainly do not remove it. However, I recognise that some dictionary articles have no encyclopedic content, so are not so welcome in the encyclopedia. Hence, it is best that there is a dictionnary :-)
Maybe I should have said, on nl:wikipedia it is accepted that dictionary content has no place. On nl:wikipedia it is a reason to remove stuff.
Thanks, Gerard M
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