[WikiEN-l] "Suicide methods" article

[Anthony]

On 4/17/07, John Lee <johnleemk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/17/07, Eugene van der Pijll <eugene at vanderpijll.nl> wrote:
> >
> > Jossi Fresco schreef:
> > > I have suggested a merge and RD into [[Suicide]].
> >
> > [[Suicide]] is 40 kB; we usually suggest splitting pages of that size
> > into subpages. I don't think merging a 14 kB article into the page is a
> > good idea.
> >
> > Eugene
>
> Yes, this merge proposal seems like a kneejerk reaction along the lines of
> "We don't want it, but we don't want to look like we're censoring it
> either".
>
Well, it isn't. It's an attempt to structure an encyclopedia like an
encyclopedia.  Look at any encyclopedia, any one.  I guarantee you
they won't have an article entitled "suicide methods".  For one thing,
it's plural, and encyclopedia article titles are generally singular.
But then what about "suicide method"?  I guarantee you that isn't an
article either.  Is this because they are censoring information about
suicide?  No - most of the time they will have an article on
"suicide".  Is it because they are US-centric?  No - look at any
encyclopedia, not just American ones.

[[Suicide method(s)]] is not a good encyclopedia article title.  That
has nothing to do with censorship.

> I think the best idea would be to cut the unencyclopedic and unsourced
> material. I'm q

I think that's a good start.  Then I'd suggest breaking out the
descriptions of individual methods onto their own page.  Then I'd like
to see what's left.  I certainly don't like the title, no matter what
it is that's left, though.

Anthony