On Feb 18, 2006, at 3:18 AM, Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:
How about computer and video games? What if no-one else has ever written about it? Should we not have articles on them?
The real killer, actually, is ironically academic works. Tons of major 20th century theorists in English haven't had secondary sources written that neatly summarize them. Plenty that use their thought for other ends or that disagree with them, but those are both problematic as sources for obvious reasons.
The NOR policy does provide for this sensibly, though - primary sources are acceptable sources, so long as you don't engage in "novel" interpretation of them.
The problem is that this often does allow for the "in popular culture" sections.
-Phil