[WikiEN-l] The living embodiment of Wikipedia

[David Gerard]

On 11/12/2007, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen at shaw.ca> wrote:

> I remember a long, long time ago making some wry comments about how it
> was acceptable to delete something for being "fancruft" but not for
> being "sportscruft" or "sciencecruft". I wonder if we're headed for a
> large-scale test of our systemic biases in that regard.
> Of late I've been doing a bunch of work adding articles for various
> geological features on the surface of the planet Mercury. Far from
> having to battle accusations of cratercruft, I've actually got a half
> dozen or so front-page "Did You Know" links out of it.


Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia We Think You Should Be Reading, Not
The One You Want To Read.


- d.