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

[Ray Saintonge]

David Gerard wrote:

>On 10/04/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>On 4/10/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>. 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.
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>>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.
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>Yes. I'm wondering if the people frantically consolidating stubs are
>thinking of convenience for the reader actually looking for that thing
>at all.
>
Perhaps the mentality that goes into these consolidations is the same 
one that fills FAQs with all the things that one would never ask.  I can 
spend hours going through a software manual and never find an answer to 
the simple problem that I am having.

Ec