[WikiEN-l] "Best of" lists

[Zoe]

I don't see how any "Best of" can be NPOV.
Rick
 Erik Moeller <erik_moeller at gmx.de> wrote:Do we have a policy on "best of" lists?

A page "List of best physicists" was quickly deleted. It consisted of 
several such lists, some of them with a reference, others without it. 
Similarly, our anonymous "year in music" user added several " in 
KROQ" pages (KROQ being a radio station); those were also deleted. In case 
2 I agree without reservation, in case 1 I think it might have been 
rewritten to be useful (perhaps under the title "Lists of best .." rather 
than "List of best ..").

In both cases, we have authorities who are being cited as selecting 
information from a larger sample. There could also be "Lists of best 
science fiction stories", "Lists of best novels" etc. Some of these lists 
would be written by authorities, others based on collaborative filtering 
such as the IMDB top movie lists. In the latter case, when the list is 
dynamically changing, an external link might be most appropriate.

But if we allow such lists, do we open the door to all kinds of spam-type, 
largely useless lists like the "year in KROQ" pages? Will people enter 
never ending NPOV disputes over whether their particular list should be 
included? I'm uncertain here and would appreciate some feedback. In any 
case, we need a clear policy if it doesn't already exist.

Regards,

Erik


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