[WikiEN-l] Why changing the deletion process is a bad idea

[Andrew Venier]

Ray Saintonge wrote:

>
> Speculation is not proof.  The "Guinness Book of World Records" has 
> been consistent best seller in the past century, as was Joseph P. 
> Haydn's "Dictionary of Dates" during the previous century.  Both 
> contained an enormous amount of trivia.
>
Other consistent non-fiction best sellers of the past century include 
Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People" and "The 
Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook".  Being a bestseller does not make a 
work instructive as to what an encyclopedia ought to contain.