[WikiEN-l] Lists which are sheer nonsense

[Jimmy Wales]

Erik:
>> ...I'd like to hear a convincing argument who might want to look
>> it up and why. If the answer is just the entertainment value, then
>> I am inclined to be skeptical about the need for the list's
>> existence.

Christopher Mahan wrote:
> How about getting us traffic from search engines?

Erik statement about midget foot fetish porn brought a smile to my
face, but I wanted to weigh in here with my usual middle-of-the-road
answer: getting traffic from search engines is a valid goal, one of
many that we may have for a given page, and it is appropriate for us
to weigh it as *one factor* in determining the value of a page.

--Jimbo