[WikiEN-l] Re: Notability meta-guidelines

[Andrew Gray]

On 18/01/06, Steve Bennett <stevage at gmail.com> wrote:

> >On what basis do you make this particular claim?
>
> Ok I was definitely unclear :) I am trying to find the rationale behind
> people's revulsion of "fancruft". I don't see the derogatory word
> "cruft" used to describe any subject on wikipedia, no matter how
> esoteric, that is based on the physical world.

Classic counterexample: nominating a handful of articles on *physical
elements* as "sciencecruft".

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