[WikiEN-l] good example of overuse of {{fact}}

Matthew Brown morven at gmail.com
Thu Oct 19 21:06:29 UTC 2006


On 10/17/06, Anthony <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> It's also a waste of time to state obvious facts in an encyclopedia article.

Obvious depends on prior knowledge; this is why obvious facts end up
in an encyclopedia, because for someone out there, they're not
obvious.

(minor nitpick, agree with the rest of what you wrote)

-Matt



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