[WikiEN-l] fancruft

ScottL scott at mu.org
Thu Jul 27 04:46:02 UTC 2006


Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:
> Ultimately, it will hurt the rest of Wikipedia; instead of doing
> *useful* editing, people will be adding /every single detail/ about
> /every single episode/ of /every single TV show that ever was/, instead
> of focussing on areas where we have no information, very little
> information, or information that is inaccurate or doesn't make sense.

   Somewhere in this thread above it was pointed out that arguing that 
every editor who is adding info on pop culture could be writing 
brilliant Roman History articles instead (or any other topic) is not 
necessarily correct.  Some people are going to edit on one topic or 
nothing.

Dalf



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