On 11/30/06, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
I for one think it's pathetic that Wikipedia is giving up on the mission of being a complete encyclopedia because there exist specialty sites on particular areas of knowledge.
I agree with you to the extent that verifiable subjects with sufficient sources that would be on topic in a specialist encyclopedia should be in Wikipedia.
For example, I would hate to see articles on my pet subjects deleted off Wikipedia because 'they'd work better in a specialist encyclopedia'. E.g. there's a specialist Wiki encyclopedia for cameras, CameraPedia. I'm dreading the day someone tries to delete [[Canon T90]] as "Cameracruft - move to CameraPedia".
Subjects that require original research or are off-topic in other ways e.g. being howtos or reviews instead of encyclopedia articles DO fit best elsewhere, though.
-Matt