[WikiEN-l] Re: HOWTOs/Recipes/Instructions and other imperativecontent

[Anthere]

Daniel Mayer a écrit:
> Cimon Avaro wrote:
> 
>>(pardon my french) The original french encyclopaedists 
>>made a point of detailing as many crafts and industries 
>>as possible, down to the most minute detail, with graphic 
>>illustrations capable of practical implementation. This is 
>>what made them notable in their own time as spreading 
>>the industrial revolution. 
> 
> 
> And the ones in the English tradition have tended to shy away from
> instructional material and language. 
> 
> Again, different cultures will have different ideas about how to best organize
> information. The instructional/informative and textbook/encyclopedia
> distinction seems to me to be rather prevalent in the English language
> tradition. 
> 
> But different cultures may have different ways of doing things. However, much
> of the current situation can be fixed by converting the recipes into
> encyclopedia articles (informative voice) and moving the rest to Wikibooks. 
> 
> Both projects would benefit from this. 
> 
> I do not favor deletion. 
> 
> -- mav

Usually...the next step when I try to speak again, is to tell me that I 
can do whatever I want on the french wikipedia, but that this is the 
english wikipedia.

I should list the most frequently used arguments to make people shut 
up...hum...idea  :-) !