[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia notability (was "Opt Out for Not So Notable Biographies")

[David Gerard]

On 10/04/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/10/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:

> > . It's okay to write stubs, it's better to merge
> > them into context if we can - unless the subject of the article is falls
> > under the guideline that says it's notable enough for it's own entry.

> Why? Better for whom? I personally can't stand searching for a term
> and being redirected to a general article on the topic of which two
> sentences vaguely half addresses what I'm looking for. I'd much rather
> have a two-sentence stub that precisely addresses what I'm looking
> for, even if it's only to point me back to the main article
> afterwards.


Yes. I'm wondering if the people frantically consolidating stubs are
thinking of convenience for the reader actually looking for that thing
at all.


- d.