[WikiEN-l] Attack Site Wars, Episode VII... The Return of the Essjay

[Todd Allen]

David Goodman wrote:
> The New Yorker is a serious magazine of highest standing. Discounting
> the initial section on New York cultural events, I would be prepared
> to make the case that any feature article in the New Yorker is a
> suitable subject for a WP article.  DGG
>
> On 6/28/07, White Cat <wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Harassment is a legal issue. Record of a persons wrongdoing is not the point
>> of wikipedias articles. We are an encyclopedia not an archive. Wikipedia
>> isn't about the truth. We are not the justice police.
>>
>> This really isn't at all about protecting him. Because he is non-notable--
>>     
> David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S.
>
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I'm not entirely sure about that. The New Yorker certainly is a decent
and reliable source, but a lot of stuff in it tends to be fleeting
human-interest type stuff. That's a lot more appropriate for Wikinews
than Wikipedia. The "everything that's on the front page" approach tends
to lead to a disproportionate amount of recentism and a lot of
unimprovable articles.

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