[WikiEN-l] Seriously, on BJAODN

[phoebe ayers]

On 6/2/07, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Let's just get this straight: does anybody claim that these pages are
> necessary to the encyclopedia?


Necessary: no more so than most of our rules, guidelines, procedures,
templates, user-pages, user-page templates, and other miscellaneous
administrative mechanisms -- or, in fact, this mailing list. But, desirable
-- yes.

Here's what I said in my last message on the subject, in the other thread:

"Note that ironically enough, I counted 9 !votes to "move to BJAODN" on
other MfDs for completely unrelated articles... BJAODN is a stronger part of
Wikipedia's culture than many people realize. In general, things that make
people feel like they are part of a community are useful, including open
in-jokes. If we are busted for not following the GFDL (by whom, exactly?
with what interpretation?) it's not going to be for this part of the site."

-- phoebe