[WikiEN-l] listcruft

[John Lee]

On 7/14/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:39:37 -0700, Ray Saintonge
> <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>
> >Why do you want to delete them?  They are clearly an important part of
> >Wikipedia?
>
> FSVO important.  Important, then, in the way that the Trivia section
> of articles is an important part of Wikipedia.  That is, important to
> the people who edit them.  And maybe nobody else at all...


I think these lists have value. I can see why they would be important to a
number of people. But they are not congruent with our principles as an
encyclopaedia and tertiary source which does not conduct its own original
research or interpretation of sources.

Johnleemk